Du announces Mobile Applications Developers Community initiative to support Mobile Government vision

Dubai: Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, or du, has announced its first steps in full support of the recently-announced Mobile Government (m-Government) plan outlined by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai.

The cornerstone of du’s support is in driving a nationwide effort to create a Mobile Applications Developers Community, drawn from young talent in the UAE’s numerous universities and colleges who would contribute by developing mobile applications, in order to enable access to various government services via smartphones. A working team has been created by du to support this initiative.

As part of the operator’s efforts to create a Mobile Applications Developers Community, du will approach leading universities and educational institutions in the UAE to nominate a group of their final-year students with the required qualifications to participate in the application development initiative. The initiative will be open for both Emirati and expatriate students. Names of the participating universities and the requisite selection criteria will be announced in the near future. Du will extend maximum support to the participants by offering training, providing application development tools and professional mentoring by experts.