VP opens TRA’s new building

Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has inaugurated the new building of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) in Al Mamzar. Following the ribbon-cutting ceremony, a presentation by the director general of TRA and the director general of the UAE eGovernment outlined the authority’s strategy for the UAE telecommunications sector up to 2013. The plan will be later sent to the cabinet for discussion and approval. Sheikh Mohammed expressed satisfaction with the strategy which has its focus on qualifying national youth and boosting the process of Emiratisation at TRA. He gave directives to focus efforts on social networking websites to regulate them, increase the numbers of subscribers and to protect them from manipulation. Sheikh Mohammed also commended highly qualified nationals who account for the majority of human resources at TRA’s different departments and are responsible for the process of social, scientific and economic development of the telecommunications sector. He urged more efforts to enable the UAE to achieve the top place. “Number one is what we want you to achieve and what we seek for the UAE,” he said. Forbes ME English Meanwhile, under the patronage Sheikh Mohammed, the Arab Publisher House has announced the launch of the premiere edition of the Forbes Middle East English magazine, featuring the Forbes Middle East ranking of the “Top 50 Companies in the UAE 2011.” To celebrate this launch and the achievements of the UAE’s leading companies, an exclusive event will be held in Dubai on Feb.28. The event will be attended by elite CEOs and key influential figures from public and private sectors who will honour those outstanding companies occupying the top spots on this coveted Forbes list.