SmartCity in Dubai is set to lose its executive director for corporate finance Teddy Maroun.
Mr Maroun has held the position for a year but his contract is not being renewed for 2010. SmartCity Dubai said Mr Maroun left the company in a volunta Read More..

The director board meeting of the company setting up the SmartCity Kochi project met here today, without taking any major decision on the issues that have delayed the project. Minister S Sharma said here that the discussions today were part of a r Read More..

SmartCity Dubai, part of Tecom, wants to hold talks with the Government of Kerala to iron out the issues and to remove the bottlenecks for speedy progress in the Rs15 billion (Dh1.17 billion) SmartCity Kochi project. It is the first SmartCity proj Read More..

Kochi, Dec 14 (IANS) Smart City Dubai Monday served an ultimatum to the Kerala government, saying the Rs.1,500 crore Smart City Kochi project cannot be kept hanging in the balance “endlessly”. In a statement issued here, Smart City Dub Read More..

SmartCity Malta is understood to have approached local banks in a bid to raise the necessary funds to continue the project, The Malta Business Weekly has learnt. This newspaper is informed that the management of SmartCity Malta have been to HSBC B Read More..

Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Saturday asked Smart City Dubai, the developer of a proposed IT park here, to stick to the framework agreement or else the government would “look for other options”.
“In case they (Smar Read More..

“It may work against the workers who are on short-term contracts. They may find renewal tough,” K Mohandas, secretary of Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, told Express.
However, the global recession has not forced a permanent ret Read More..

Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Monday said the government would look for “other options” if Smart City Dubai, the developer of the proposed Rs.1,500-crore ($300 million) IT project, did not resolve its differences with the Read More..

The two-day talks between the Kerala government and Smart City Dubai to take forward the proposed Smart City Kochi software 
township project turned out to be inconclusive, but both parties were confident that the deadlock would be broken Read More..

TECOM, the promoters of the  Smart City project, is learnt to have decided not to give in writing that they would not sell the free-hold land, making the chances of breaking the deadlock over the issue thinner.  The issue of free-hold la Read More..

The Minister for Fisheries S. Sarma said on Thursday that talks with Gulf-based TECOM for starting the work on the Smart City Project in Kochi would resume soon. Implementation of the project had come to a standstill following TECOM's demand that Read More..

Dubai: Dubai Internet City on Wednesday conducted a workshop and networking programme for diplomats to attract more foreign investment. "More than 30 key representatives from consulates and embassies in the UAE attended the workshop and networking Read More..

Smart City Kochi, a joint venture between Tecom of Dubai and the Kerala government, has announced temporary closure of its office at Kochi with immediate effect. Chief executive officer of the project Fareed Abdulrahman on Tuesday said the office Read More..

The Rs.15-billion ($375-million) IT park, Smart City Kochi, will request the state government to see that it gets special economic zone (SEZ) status without any strings. Speaking to reporters after the fifth director board meeting Monday evening, Read More..

SmartCity Head Quarters, based in Dubai, have invited Indian and international master planning companies to submit proposals for SmartCity Kochi’s master plan. This step comes after the laying of SmartCity Kochi’s foundation stone in N Read More..

SmartCity participated in OutsourceWorld London held last week, fulfilling its ongoing commitment to promote SmartCity Malta and SmartCity Kochi to attract potential customers and investors.

Considered as the premier business trade platfo Read More..

The State government and SmartCity Kochi would make concerted efforts to secure a single Special Economic Zone (SEZ) status covering the entire area of the proposed SmartCity project here.This was one of the three major decisions taken at a meetin Read More..

The proposed Rs.15-billion Smart City project of this Kerala city has been given to British firm Colin Buchanan.Smart City Kochi is a joint venture company promoted by Dubai-based TECOM Investments, SAMA Dubai and the government of Kerala.

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The construction work of SmartCity Kochi is expected to begin by October this year, said S. Sarma, Minister for Fisheries and Registration and chairman of SmartCity Kochi.He was briefing the media here after the annual general meeting of SmartCity Read More..