Dubai Internet City

Dubai Internet City (DIC) is the first complete Information Technology and Telecommunications centre in the world to have been built inside a free trade zone. DIC offers modern, ready-to-operate, fully serviced office space catering to the specific needs of today’s new economy companies. These offices offer cutting edge technology and provide both wired and wireless networks.                     

DIC allows 100% foreign ownership of companies, and laws relating to partnerships with local sponsors have been relaxed. Sales, company earnings and private income are exempted from any form of taxation. Companies can also take land on a renewable lease of up to 50 years and build their own offices. 

DIC’s infrastructure is second to none with Sun Microsystems providing the server platforms, iPlanet the software, Lucent the cabling, and Cisco the active components. Siemens was the project integrator. Dubai Internet City is the biggest IT infrastructure build in the Middle East, and has the largest generation Internet Protocol telephony system in the world. 

DIC has issued licenses to a host of global information technology companies. Microsoft, Oracle, Hewlett – Packard and IBM have already identified their long-term objectives here. By establishing these road maps early, forward-thinking businesses are working with the industry to facilitate and ensure the smooth integration of all tomorrow’s technology. 

DIC is more than clicks and mortar. With over 200 companies now operating from its premises, and with new partners and new phases of expansion coming online at an astounding rate, DIC is building a community of like- minded new economy companies, nourished by DIC’s own supported units.

 DIC’s technical infrastructure has been designed and built to world-class standards of capacity, reliability, cost and quality of service. Businesses operating from DIC can expect high bandwidth, low cost communications infrastructure with redundant connections to Internet primary backbone providers.

 DIC provides hassle-free registration regulation, company laws, and a legal framework that ensures simple and speedy approval procedures and accountability.

The company registration process is easy and without bureaucratic red tape. When all criteria are met the entire process can be completed within a working day. All the government clearances are processed through a single channel.

 Flexible labour laws ensure that industry needs for part-time and temporary workers are met. A 24 hours visa service and a fast track immigration process for knowledge workers guarantee quick access to required talent.

 DIC is no pipe dream for the future. It is a concrete IT hub catering to over 200 IT companies from around the globe. These companies have realized that DIC’s strategic location, its world class technical infrastructure, and its unique fiscal environment, make it the only sensible location for IT – related businesses serious about working in the broader region.

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