ictQatar: Taking the lead on online engagement in Qatar
ictQatar, the supreme council of Information and Communication Technology and the most active government body responsible for setting ICT policy and regulation in the region, has released a comprehensive case study on their social media efforts. This paper showcase ictQatar brand engagement with various online stakeholders since 2008. The paper unveils ictQatar thought leadership among Qatar corporations and government bodies. There is a case study... Read More
The top broadband speed countries in the Arab World
Building a proper, reliable, futuristic, well-planned infrastructure is very important in raising the standards of living and readiness of the economy for the next generation. Consequently, empowering country’s ICT sector is vital to the formula of economy drive; Out of curiosity, we complied a report to you today on Arab World’s best performers in broadband speed (downloading in specific) Even when we are compiling a small report like... Read More
Live Blogging from Lecture: The Future of the Internet
Blogging from the scene, the live event at Four Seasons hotel in Doha, Qatar organized by the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) and The Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. This event is featuring Michael Nelson – Georgetown University about The future of the internet. The speaker presented couple of interesting thoughts for audience... Read More
Media and Technology in Youth Society [Based on Report]
The challenger for attitudes’ stereotype identification is researches and reports – be it a focus group, qualitative, or even quantitative processes can help unveil or unleash real findings towards certain attitudes in a society, community, or group of people of the same interest. A new report of face-to-face interviews of Arab nationals and expatriates youth between the age of 18-24 in 9 Middle Eastern countries revealed the truth about... Read More
The First Brick For Building Mobile Innovation Ecosystem in The MENA Region
Finally mobile innovation ecosystem is taken seriously in the Middle East and North Africa, thanks to Qtel and Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP) recent agreement on long term association which will combine Qtel regional footprint in 17 markets, with cutting-edge mobile technology facilities QSTP to provide. This collaboration aims to develop relevant and localized mobile innovations in several areas, such as healthcare, education, banking and... Read More
ictQatar Aims Big On Making Qatar Digital Savvy
The Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) is leading the strategic thinking and implementation of ICT initiatives in e-government, market development and knowledge management, e-education, e-health, e-inclusion, cyber security. Along with their latest event, Mudawanat: All About Blogging, which took place on Dec 12th, 2009 in Qatar (which we covered it through live video broadcasting and tweeting) ictQatar team launches... Read More
Mudawanat Event Persuades New Debate On Aljazeera Interactive TV Forum
200 attendants and 60 viewers of our video live streaming channel have been a part of a successful event happened yesterday discussing two main challenges facing the web in the region in terms of effective blogging and e-Arabic content. Mudawanat 1-full-day event that took place yesterday at Sharq Village in Doha city, an initiative by ictQatar, Mudawanat gathered young and expert bloggers from around the region and the world to explore the incredible... Read More
Mudawanat Event: Watch Live Video Streaming Now & More
QATAR is encouraging people in Qatar and the Arab world to take to the blog-waves. ictQATAR is now hosting Mudawanat: All About Blogging, started 9:30 a.m. and will continue until 3:30 p.m. at the Sharq Village & Spa. If you couldn’t make it, I’m broadcasting the live video stream event now through http://livestream.com/ictqatar. You can also follow @interactive on twitter or hashtag #mudawanat Watch live streaming video from ictqatar... Read More
Six Days To Go For Mudawanat Event: Check Out Speakers Profile
Mudawanat, a new initiative of ictQATAR encouraging people in Qatar and the Arab world to take the blog-waves. Mudawanat event is happening this Saturday, December 12, 2009, from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Sharq Village & Spa in Qatar. The event will feature international and regional blogging experts, as well as interactive workshops. Speakers: Jeremiah Owyang is one of the fresh, young voices on the social media transformation of business.... Read More
Mudawanat: All About Blogging Event in Qatar by ictQATAR
ictQATAR is encouraging people in Qatar and the Arab world to take to the blog-waves. ictQATAR is hosting Mudawanat: All About Blogging, on Saturday, December 12, 2009, from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Sharq Village & Spa. The event will feature international and regional blogging experts, as well as interactive workshops. “Blogging is a tremendous way for people to share their thoughts and engage in society, whether they want to... Read More
Middle East Executives Say: Confidence in IT Spending On The Rise
Middle East business leaders have unanimously agreed that they expect IT budgets to return to pre-downturn levels in the foreseeable future. This compares to only 53 percent of executives questioned in March, indicating the importance major companies in the region are placing on IT assets as a means of thriving in the current economy. In a survey conducted at the SAP User Group Middle East and North Africa (SUG-MENA) Executive Exchange meeting hosted... Read More
Meet The Geek: Mohammad Basheer Talks About His Flagship
A casual interview unleashing a real geek lifestyle in Qatar. What’s Your Name, Sir? My Name is Muhammad Basheer Arnous. What’s your name on twitter? On twitter and social sites its smaller “mbaa” How old are you? 23 years old. When did the geekation started to rise? When I was a kid, I used to go with my uncle to work in order to use his computer and it was my true temptation so learned a lot on computer skills as well as internet.... Read More
MediaWeekME Monitor: Microsoft, Tahadi, Twitter, twofour54, Lebanon
Read in Media Week Middle East (Nov 1, 2009) about interactive/digital media: Wunderman confident afte Mideast expansion – Direct marketing agency Wunderman has launched offices in Cairo and Beirut as part of the agency;s expanding work for Mircrosoft, especially geared towards the Windows 7 launch campaign. Ipsos enters busy web measuring market - Ipsos MediaCT is launching an online audience measurement service that could challenge Nielsen... Read More
The Doha Tribeca Film Festival Gets Official YouTube Screening Room
The inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) which opened Thursday 29 November with a red carpet extravaganza and a unique free 3000 seat open-air auditorium screening at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) also comes today digital to the rest of the world. YouTube writes on their official blog that they turned the YouTube Screening Room over to the expert curators at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, who have put together a lineup of five films (four... Read More
Qatar Launches e-Registration for Medical Check-up on Hukoomi Portal
No longer would workers have to wait in lines to register for their medical check-ups. A new service will serve company representitives who will be able to register for newcomers easily and quickly. Companies will be able to access the service through Hukoomi website at www.gov.qa and www.sch.gov.qa and conveniently register their workers’ data for the medical check-up, said Ahmed Al Kuwari, Government IT Platforms Manager, ictQATAR’s Government... Read More
Young Qatari Journalists Are Invited To Digital Media Course
Qatar News Agency (QNA) in cooperation with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) will conduct a training program targeting young Qatari journalists, who are working with Qatari media institutions. The five-day training programme will cover fields like electronic journalism and writing news articles for websites. It is seen as part of QNA”s plans to provide local journalists with needed vocational training and developing their knowledge... Read More
Al Jazeera Officially Blogging
Mohamed Nanabhay, Head of Online at Al Jazeera, who is responsible for Al Jazeera English website as well has tweeted today releasing AlJazeera Blogs on http://blogs.aljazeera.net. AlJazeera Blogs consists of six main categories and will be part of Al Jazeera English interface yet this section has the blog total look-and-feel: Africa Asia America Europe Middle East Business Six bloggers will be writing: Alan Fisher Barnaby Phillips Barbara Serra Hamish... Read More
ictQATAR Going Green with Connected Speaker Andrew Hargadon
Hargadon, a professor at the Graduate School of Management at University of California – Davis, will address how innovation in information and communication technologies can help create new energy efficiencies, and thus help the environment. His talk will explore how innovation really happens, what some of the latest innovations in ICT are, and what to expect for the future. The event will take place at the Four Seasons Hotel from 6 p.m. –... Read More
Qatar Ranked As Most Competitive Market in MENA Region
Qatar’s telecommunications sector is becoming increasingly competitive, both domestically and on the international stage. The recently released Global Competitiveness Report 2009-10, prepared by the World Economic Forum (WEF), ranked Qatar as the most competitive economy in the Middle East and North Africa region, and 22nd overall out of the 133 countries assessed. The country scored highly in the category of technological readiness, the ability... Read More
e-Government Forum in Qatar Focuses on e-Content Management
ictQATAR & Ministry of Interior will host an e-Government forum on July 4th in Millennuim Hotel, titled “Content Management & Quality of e-Government Services”. The forum aims to foster the collaboration between ictQATAR and MOI, in terms of choice of e-content, its management, in addition to ensuring the quality of the e-services offered to users. Stakeholders from MOI, ictQATAR & other e-government stakeholders will attend... Read More
