Samsung C&T, a global engineering and construction company, has announced that it has been awarded a 1.15 trillion won ($952 million) contract by Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) to build a 2,400 MW combined cycle power plant in Fujairah, UAE.

Located some 300 km northeast of Abu Dhabi, the project is being developed in partnership with Japanese developer Marubeni Corporation.

Under this contract, Samsung C&T will function as the exclusive engineering, procurement and construction"...

With the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR), technology in the real estate sector has made a real impact not only in terms of construction, but also in the property buying process, according to Dubai-based Lootah Real Estate Development.

Regarded as one of the pioneer entities in the real estate sector, Lootah said Dubai was on the roadmap of smart transformation.

The"...

BrandShield, a leading provider of services from brand protection to online threat hunting, has today announced the launch of ElectionShield.

Developed to protect political campaigns around the World from threats, such as fraudulent fundraising sites; phishing; social phishing; and impersonation, ElectionShield will be officially launched at one the World’s leading cybersecurity events, the RSA Conference in San Francisco, on February 24 -"...

Snowflake Software Ltd (Snowflake), an innovator in fusing and streaming live flight and navigational data, has signed an agreement to become part of Cirium, the expanding aviation analytics group. Cirium, which is part of RELX, expects the acquisition to give the combined group a world-class capability in handling live flight data for the global air transport industry.

Based in Southampton, UK, Snowflake has accelerated the integration and exchange"...

Samsung’s new foldable Galaxy Z Flip phone, sold out across retail outlets in the UAE on its first day at stores, the company said.

The phone was simultaneously rolled out in San Francisco and London on February 11. Samsung received pre-orders for the next two days and subsequently sold the phone at retail stores on Friday.

New stock will be available as early as"...

WAM) -- From instant licences and incubators, to affordable school places and art springing up all over town, Abu Dhabi’s AED 50 billion (US$13.6 biillion) programme Ghadan 21 is accelerating Abu Dhabi’s development as a place where businesses, innovative ideas and diverse people can not only grow, but thrive.

Envisioned by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the"...

Mavenir, the leader in accelerating and redefining mobile network economics transformation for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced that Telefónica UK (FWB: O2UK) is deploying Mavenir’s virtualized IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) solution (vIMS) for VoLTE and VoWiFi in their nationwide Data Centers Infrastructure, which is based on the Telefónica Group blueprint for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) architecture.

The"...

Health at Hand, one of the Middle East’s most advanced telehealth providers, has launched its services with NEXtCARE. In a bid to improve access to care for NEXtCARE members, Health at Hand has developed a software solution (SDK) to provide members access to a doctor through video consultation from anywhere in the world with no co-pay. Those using the service in Dubai will also be able to get their prescription medicine delivered to them within 60 minutes, or have lab test requests issued through the app. Members can"...

JEOL Ltd. (TOKYO:6951) (President & COO Izumi Oi) announces the release of a new atomic resolution analytical electron microscope, JEM-ARM300F2 (GRAND ARM(TM)2) to be released in February 2020.

Product development background

In Electron Microscopy, a great number of microscopists and engineers have continued to pursue the improvement of resolution. Meanwhile, JEOL"...