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Dubai plans major expansion of specialised clinics
Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has announced plans to expand its services with a new four-storey building dedicated to 127 specialised outpatient clinics.
The Dubai Hospital building will include clinics in the fields of ophthalmology, internal medicine, orthopaedics, cardiovascular, endocrine, tumors, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, dental and reproductive medicine.
The DHA has signed a memorandum of understanding"...
Continue ReadingDubai residency applications to be processed in 40 minutesDecember 10, 2019
DUBAI — Smart Dubai has launched UAE ‘Residency’ application services in partnership with the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai via its Dubai Now application and e-services platform, which allows the emirate’s residents to conduct city transactions from the convenience of their smartphones.
The ‘Residency’ service facilitates the transactions and procedures required to issue residency visas for members of the community. Flexible and efficient, the process takes less than 40 minutes, saving time and effort for all applicants. Users need only 10 minutes to complete their application, which then takes 30 minutes to two working days to be approved.
Intellect launches new wealth management solutionDecember 10, 2019
Intellect Design Arena, a specialist in banking and insurance digital technologies, has launched RM office 2020 for wealth managers in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman, its marquee product from its suite of digital wealth management, the Wealth Qube.
Having been tested as a controlled release in multiple countries, the RM (Relationship Manager) Office 2020 is now being released for all banks and financial institutes across the three key geographies of Asia-Pacific, GCC and India.
Intellect Design Arena works with financial institutions such as Emirates NBD, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait and few more leading financial institutions in the region for its transaction"...
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GCC smart homes market set to hit $3.4bn by 2025
The market for the smart homes technology in the GCC region has witnessed substantial year-on-year growth over the last few years and is expected to increase further to hit more than $3.4 billion by the end of 2025, according to Research And Markets.
The smart home is a house which uses Internet-connected devices to monitor and control systems and appliances remotely.
The smart home market in the GCC involves smart speakers, lighting, smoke alarms, thermostats, humidifiers, monitoring/security, wireless doorbells, and video entertainment products.
Smart home technology is also referred as home automation, since it provides owners comfort, convenience, security, and energy efficiency"...
Arab Strategy Forum set for kick-off in Dubai
The 12th edition of the annual Arab Strategy Forum (ASF 2019) is set to kick off today (December 9) at The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre, under the theme ‘Forecasting the Next Decade2020-2030’.
The event is being held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
This year's event, running a series of panels and Q&A sessions with some of the world’s leading personalities on the political and economic stage, including former US Vice President Dick Cheney and former Lebanese Prime Minister His Excellency Fouad Siniora, will examine the world’s geopolitical landscape"...
Bilfinger signs 3-year blanket deal with Abu Dhabi Transco
Global engineering and industrial services provider Bilfinger said it has signed a three-year blanket agreement with Abu Dhabi Transmission & Despatch Company (Transco) for maintenance of sodium hypochlorite plants at its pumping stations across the emirate.
The multimillion-dollar pact, secured by Bilfinger's Middle East division till 2022, involves routine maintenance, equipment repair, replacement and new equipment installation of sodium hypochlorite plants, which includes generation system and dosing system from process water inlet up to injection points across Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Northern and Western Region.
On the strategic deal, Christopher Barker, the managing director of Bilfinger"...
UAE's TRA launches a 5G lab with China's Huawei
The UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has joined forces with Chinese tech giant, Huawei to open a ‘5G & IoT Joint OpenLab’ in Dubai.
Established in Dubai Media City, the lab will focus on the areas of fifth-generation mobile network technology and the Internet of Things, a TRA official told The National, without divulging further details.
'Through the OpenLab platform, Huawei will work with customers and partners around the world to develop the best possible industry-specific solutions,” said Wang Su, vice president of marketing"...
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