#Dubai's Alerts Updates Sep 14, 2000, Dubai, U.A.E.

Alert Updates Sep 14, 2000
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When Will WAP reach us in the UAE ?

Gulf News Update 29/Oct

It was hard to miss the catchy DUCONT.COM advertisements in the news papers today. Off we went to have a look. The site was neat and loaded fast. It didn't take long to find out what the company was selling:

Specialists in technology solutions, in both English or Arabic, they aim to provide WAP based services in the following fields:-

Mobile banking, Mobile Broking/Stocks, Mobile Office Administration & information's systems, and Mobile Commerce .

All this of course is dependant on Etisalat starting the much awaited WAP service. Still under testing (like the ADSL Service which has been under testing now for almost 9 months). They are yet to announce any schedule of launch apart from a vague mention of the first quarter of 2001.

Articles here and here and here

An interesting look at what EIM say about the future, and a look at their shortcomings - and a related article. More on GPRS & WAP.

Note:- DUCONT.NET was snapped up lately, but DUCONT.ORG is still available. (14/Sep/00)