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11.11.2005 The Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD) is working towards establishing IT connectivity between Dubai International Airport (DIA) and Heathrow Airport to facilitate use of e-Gate card by passengers at the two airports.

11.11.2005 The cost of fast net access and linking up to the net's global infrastructure hits poorer nations much harder than developed countries, says a UN body.

11.11.2005 Dubai’s Department of Economic Development (DED) has announced that it will automate two of its internal business processes, a suggestion scheme and the agency’s IT help desk.

10.11.2005 The residents of Abu Shagara area who are facing water shortage or disconnection in the supply should not hesitate to contact th emergency phone number of Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (Sewa) for redressal of the problem, said Engineer Mohammed Khalifa bin Taresh, Director of the Water Department at Sewa.

10.11.2005 E-learning is not suited for a school environment and should rather be used in the workplace, says Prof Johannes Cronje, professor of e-learning at the University of Pretoria's faculty of education.

10.11.2005 Chief General Manager of BSNL's Southern Telecom Projects, Chennai, R. Purushothaman, has said that the second phase of the National Internet Backbone (NIB-II) project, taken up recently, will usher in a new era of communication by taking high speed internet to all towns.

10.11.2005 Turkey has signed US$23.6 million deal for government portal.
The project will involve the construction of an e-government portal for the Turkish government, provided by Singapore-based CrimsonLogic.