ABB has signed an agreement with Kuwaits central power and water utility, to provide maintenance services related to the Doha East power station and the Shuwaikh desalination plant.

A recent Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) survey on Access and use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) revealed that 26 per cent of organisations have made online sales.

Sarasin-Alpen (ME) Limited, a subsidiary of the Swiss private bank, Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd, Switzerland, has opened its representative office in Abu Dhabi.

With the regions IT market hungry for new innovation and design, Taiwan Trade Centre, Dubai has announced an enormous 67 per cent increase in year-on-year trade during the first half of 2010 between Taiwanese companies and those in the UAE.