Dubai Internet City

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Dubai Internet City is the name of a free trade zone in the emirate of Dubai. Dubai Internet City is recognized as a technology park and was equipped by the Government of Dubai with tax privileges.

The basic idea is to settle in one place as many innovative companies, both technologically and commercially deal with the Internet as a trading platform. The focus of the initiators have the entire South Asian and African region with a population of over two billion people. The initiative of the government was in Dubai to settle many software and technology companies.

Dubai Internet City is located 25 kilometers south of the city center of Dubai, very close, which was founded by a similar concept to Dubai Media City and east of the Dubai Marina. Similarly, the private American University has settled in Dubai in the neighborhood.

History

Dubai Internet City was officially opened in October 2000 and comprises of 2008 more than 850 companies with more than 10,000 employees.

Business

Among the now located in Dubai Internet City companies are among others, the local offices of Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Cisco, HP, Nokia, Siemens, Sybase, AT & T and IBM.