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Dubai World Cup
31 March 2012 1:35 PM | No CommentsThe Dubai World Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1996 and from 2010 at the Meydan Racecourse in the city of Dubai. The race is operated through the Emirates Horse Racing Authority (EHRA) whose Chairman is Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan,...
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BlackBerry services will continue
Posted on October 8, 2010 | 1 CommentBlackBerry services will continue beyond October 11- TRA. BlackBerry services in the UAE will continue beyond October 11, Telecom Regulatory Authority has said, reports WAM TRA also acknowledged “the positive engagement and collaboration of Research In Motion (RIM) in reaching this regulatory compliant outcome”. The... -
Flickr in now available in UAE
Posted on September 27, 2010 | 1 CommentOnce upon a time FLICKR was popular in UAE just like blackberry, facebook and twitter today. As usual the misuse of it by many on 22 June 2005 it got blocked. People freaked, alot got disappointed and many didnt like the action. After 5 years... -
Etisalat Charged for an ad
Posted on September 22, 2010 | 3 CommentsMany might have seen this ad in Ramadan where Etistalat was ridiculing Du’s reception. Apparently TRA charged Etisalat 400 thousand DHS for being carried out by bypassing the regulations of commercials defined by the TRA (source). No information posted in our newspaper about it but... -
Blackberry Ban
Posted on September 21, 2010 | 1 Comment“So far, no progress has been made” in the negotiations on allowing the UAE to access encrypted BlackBerry data, the Dubai daily Emarat Al-Yom cited a UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority official as saying. Alot have been said about this matter and many announcements have been... -
Optimistic Results
Posted on September 19, 2010 | No CommentsChief Executive Partner of «Research In Motion (RIM)» , Jim Balseli, said the talks between the Government of the UAE and the company on the exchange of user information «BlackBerry», is moving in a positive direction and cause for optimism. He added that that they... -
DU announce alternative packages
Posted on August 4, 2010 | No CommentsEmirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, known by its brand name du, will offer its BlackBerry customers multiple packages to enable them to switch to other smartphone models from September 1, without losing the functionalities of the BlackBerry, Chief Executive Osman Sultan said. The plans range from... -
Now We Can Lock SMS Spam
Posted on July 7, 2010 | 2 CommentsUnwanted SMS messages could become a thing of the past under a new policy rolled out yesterday by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) to minimise spam from 7am to 9pm each day. “All consumers will receive messages from their service providers requesting their consent with... -
AppsArabia by Twofour54
Posted on June 5, 2010 | No CommentsTwofour54 ibtikar, the business arm of Abu Dhabi’s state-backed media zone, announced the launch of a seed fund designed to drive the development of Arabic-language mobile applications. ‘AppsArabia’, will offer capital to Arab entrepreneurs, developers and businesses to create homegrown apps for devices such as...
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