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UAE to launch report for Arabic digital content

DUBAI, November 27, 2016

UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority announced launching the process to issue the first comprehensive report that addresses the prospects of Arabic digital content.

Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, director general of TRA, said: “This project comes within a series of important UAE initiatives in the field of supporting the Arabic Content, such as the Year of Reading initiative, the Arab Reading Challenge, and the National Reading Strategy. It also comes in the context of the UAE’s leading position in the community and economy of Digital knowledge.”

 The report addresses the current situation of the Arabic Digital Content, the relevant opportunities and challenges, the global trends in the development of digital content, the needed priorities, as well as indicators to measure the level of development in supporting the Arabic Digital Content. It also contains a section on the investment dimension of the Arabic Digital Content, and its position within the digital knowledge economy mechanisms.

 The report aims to provide a main reference for academic entities as well as the government entities, decision makers and researchers, supporting their efforts to develop strategies related to the Arabic Digital Content. It also aims to enhance the position of the UAE as the capital of content, motivating the relevant Arab institutions to coordinate efforts, in addition to shedding light on the achievements of different Arab institutions in the various aspects of digital content development.

 Moreover, the report attempts through exploratory analysis to explore the tendencies of internet and digital technologies’ users in the Arab world, and to highlight the available opportunities in the internet era, allowing the launch of a major national workshop to revive and renew our Arabic language.

The report is expected to be issued during the first quarter of 2017. It will be circulated to government and academic entities within the UAE, and in the Arab region in general.  – TradeArabia News Service




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