Dubai Internet City (DIC)

Introduction
Dubai Internet City (DIC) provides a strategic and cost effective platform for ICT companies targeting emerging markets in a vast region extending from the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent, and from Africa to Central Asia. Launched in the year 2000, DIC now features a dynamic international community of ICT companies including global giants like Microsoft, Cisco Systems, IBM, HP, Dell, Siemens, Sun Microsystems, Computer Associates, PeopleSoft and Sony Ericsson. Many small and medium businesses (SMB) and promising entrepreneurial ventures are also part of the community.

Location
Dubai Internet City is about 25 kilometers south of the centre of Dubai city on the Shaikh Zayed Road towards Abu Dhabi city.

Type of license available

1. Service license
2. Trading license

Features

• 100 per cent exemption from personal income tax for 50 years
• 100 per cent exemption from corporate taxes for 50 years
• 100 per cent foreign ownership
• 100 per cent repatriation of profits
• Dynamic international community
• Opportunities for business interaction and networking
• Opportunities for channel and market development
• Communications infrastructure based on next-generation technologies
• Digital voice and high-speed data services offered at competitive rates
• World’s largest commercial IP telephony network