Dubai Internet City (DIC)

Dubai Internet City (DIC) provides a Knowledge Economy Ecosystem designed to support the business development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies. It is the Middle East’s biggest ICT infrastructure, built inside a free trade zone. DIC is a strategic base for companies targeting emerging markets in a vast region extending from the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent, and Africa to the CIS countries, covering 1.8 billion people with a GDP of $1.6 trillion. Within a short span of time, a dynamic international community of ICT companies has established itself in Dubai Internet City. The global ICT giants are all here: Microsoft, Oracle, HP, IBM, Compaq, Dell, Siemens, Canon, Logica, Sony Ericsson, Schlumberger and Cisco to name a few, in addition to many small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurial ventures. The ICT cluster in Dubai Internet City is comprised of companies from various sectors: Software Development, Business Services, Web Based & e-Commerce, Consultancy, Education & Training, Sales & Marketing and Back Office Operations. DIC provides a scalable state-of-the-art technology platform for companies looking to provide cost effective Remote Services such as call centre operations. It provides an environment that attracts most elements of the value chain for an ICT business. In addition, it has developed programmes that can be leveraged by the ICT community to explore and expand channel and business development opportunities.

Dubai Media City (DMC)

Strategically located in Dubai at the crossroads of the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, Dubai Media City is rapidly emerging as a global media hub. It provides an advanced infrastructure and supportive environment for media-related businesses to operate globally out of Dubai. This is a place where every kind of media business, specifically; Media and Marketing Services, Printing and Publishing, Music, Film, New Media, Leisure and Entertainment, Broadcasting and Information Agencies can operate with collective synergy and individual freedom.

Since its inception, DMC has grown impressively. The list of DMC-based companies today reads like a Who’s Who of the global media industry. The DMC community includes global media giants such as Reuters, CNN, CNBC, MBC, Sony, Showtime and BMG. DMC has also set up Media Business Centres to promote talent and entrepreneurship in the region. These unique facilities are targeted at freelancers and independent media professionals. Freelancers find the Centre an ideal base for gaining visibility and building relationships with the media industry.

Dubai Knowledge Village (KV)

Dubai Knowledge Village provides an infrastructure and environment for a variety of organisations and individuals to create and disseminate knowledge. KV seeks to provide the right conditions for the development of scholarship, education, training, ideas, creativity, innovation, R&D and entrepreneurial expertise. It offers a campus ambience with creatively stimulating and welcoming spaces for students, professionals, teachers, instructors, researchers and scientists to interact. Its Business Partners are varied and include e-Learning companies, educational institutions, research & development organisations, corporate training institutions, innovation organisations, science and technology institutes, certification and testing organisations and incubators. KV was set up to position the Dubai Technology and Media Free Zone as a global and regional centre of excellence for learning and innovation. This new Education and Training hub also complements the Free Zone’s other main clusters: Dubai Internet City and Dubai Media City. Dubai Knowledge Village provides the infrastructure for developing, sharing and applying knowledge. It seeks to facilitate, promote, and become the flagship for e-Learning throughout the region. One of KV’s key objectives is to create a culture and access to lifelong learning.