Checkpoint / The National Bank of Kuwait / Expression Kuwait / Khorafi Business Systems / Burgan Bank / Bank of Kuwait / Madar Research Group / Truste / General Warehouses Co. / Sakhr Software Company / Kuwait Oil Company / International Turnkey Systems / Mobile Telecommunications Company / Verisign / Al-Faris Information / Oracle / Wataniya Telecommunications Company / Kuwait Small Project Development Company / Cisco / GDP 2003 / Wataniya Telecom / Vodafone / Gulf Bank / Microsoft / Inmarsat / The Bean Bank / Al-Watan / /
Country
Bahrain / Egypt / Saudi Arabia / Oman / United Arab Emirates / Kuwait / Qatar / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
M&A / /
Facility
Kuwait University / Gulf University / The Kuwait University / Building Awareness / ICTs The Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research / Kuwait Institute / /
IndustryTerm
Internet access / integrated ebusiness solutions / Internet service providers / Internet backbone Submarine cable / Internet penetration rates / oil and gas lifecycle / short messaging services / fixed telecommunications / online banking presence / e-business applications / oil reserves / system integration services / communication technology / packaged software / retail-banking services / online version / copyright law / cellular telephone / telephony / business to business / oil research / local software development / oil and gas / secure Internet connection / singlewide area network / finance / communications skills / system design / Internet transactions / e-banking adoption rate / networks Online aspects / e-government services / criminal records management / software development / relative technology-adoption rate / food / customer relationship management / IT consulting / fixed line carrier / telecommunication services / online banking solutions / technology exports / entertainment software / electronic signature law / customs solution / Internet access prices / backbone network / gross domestic product / wireless application protocol / Internet cafés / Internet use / bank / surveillance systems / IT support / oil industry / telecommunications markets / bank-to-bank transfer / telecommunications / online brokerage / integration / internal systems / percentage Internet bank accounts / e-commerce market / e-commerce-related hardware / e-school / e - commerce / e-commerce and mobile commerce / local and international communications equipment / Internet Users / voice and data / overall Internet usage / data communication services / technology incubators / model law / e-commerce products / hardware retail shops / online banking services / basic public services / visa processing / oil and gas sector / public Internet / satellite earth stations / e-commerce / electronic customer relationship management / information technologies / business software / multimedia messaging systems / labs equipment / training / legal and technical infrastructure / gas sector / oil / integrated information solution / relational database management systems / e-banking / bank accounts / Internet banking / government Internet regulations / retail banking services / turn lease Internet access / Internet Duly Authorized Representatives / government e-services / oil marketplaces / optic and terrestrial satellite networks / mobile banking / equipment services / e-learning / http /
NaturalFeature
Fiber-Optic Gulf / /
Organization
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research / Public Authority for Applied Education and Training / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia / Kuwait Finance House / International Telecommunications Union / World Trade Organization / Interior Ministry’s Information and Computer Systems Centre / Kuwait Information Technology Society / Kuwait University / Ministry of Interior / Ministry of Planning / Kuwait’s Ministry of Communication / Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research / Interior Ministry / World Intellectual Property Organization / Ministry of Education / Community Service / Centre For Community Service / United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization / National Assembly / Omar Center / Kuwaiti government / INFORMATION SOCIETY IN KUWAIT / Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science / Government of Kuwait / Kuwait National Assembly / National Science Foundation / Education Students / Gulf Cooperation Council / Civil Service Commission / Information and Computer Systems Centre / Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Kuwait Information Technology Society / Gulf University for Science and Technology / World Economic Forum / United Nations Commission on International Trade Law / Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement / Kuwait National English School / /
Person
Jarallah / / /
Position
major B2B player / Trade Representative / Major / undersecretary / consultant / Minister of Education / Governor / /
ProvinceOrState
Dubai / /
PublishedMedium
Al-Watan / the Kuwaiti Arabic daily / /
RadioStation
KITS / /
Region
Western Asia / Middle East / /
Technology
IP telephony / information technologies / Information Technology / communication technology / WAN / encryption / WAP / PSTN / wireless application protocol / broadband technology / mobile banking / RDBMS / ISP / e-learning / GSM / SMS / CRM / relational database / microwave / ATM / fiber optic / DSL / ISDN / cellular telephone / coaxial cable / Internet services provider / Distance learning / 2 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Kuwait Information Technology / Gigabit Ethernet / /
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) NATIONAL PROFILE FOR THE INFORMATION SOCIETY IN KUWAIT