A board of directors meeting of the proposed Rs.1,500 crore Smart City Kochi concluded here Monday without taking any decision on the fate of the IT project.At the same time, the developer Smart City Dubai said it has no plans to pull out from the Read More..

The Kerala government is making last attempt to salvage its partnership with Dubai Commerce Technology and Media Free Zone Authority (Tecom) for the $333-million Smartcity project in Kochi.The state government has written to its estranged investme Read More..

A 30-day marketing campaign promoting Malta and SmartCity Malta is taking place within all TECOM business parks until June 20 to highlight the benefits of operating from SmartCity Malta.The campaign, "TECOM Investments' first overseas busines Read More..

After days of silence, the Smart City Kochi project has once again become a subject for argument and counter argument between the State Government and TECOM.At a press conference held in connection with the fourth anniversary of the LDF Government Read More..

Fourteen companies will begin operations this month in Kochi Infopark at Koratty. The park, coming up in Thrissur district, is the first spoke model IT park. The companies that have set up shop are ..

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TECOM Investments Realigns 11 Business Parks into Five Industry Cluster Groups

TECOM Investments, a diversified conglomerate and a member of Dubai Holding, has realigned its 11 business parks into five industry cluster groups to streamline Read More..

A meeting of the board of directors of SmartCity Kochi held here on Monday did not take any decision on outstanding issues, including the right to freehold land for the promoters. Minister for Registration S. Sarma, who is also chairman of SmartCi Read More..

The financial position of SmartCity owners, Tecom, has been publicly doubted once again as construction on the SmartCity Kochi project has yet to start more than two years after the foundation stone was laid. A few days ago, Indian media reported Read More..

Malta – 9 March, 2010:  SmartCity Malta will be open in the third quarter of 2010, creating numerous business opportunities for Malta One may choose to start-up a business at the exclusive SmartCity Malta location or seek employment in Read More..

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 Union Government has handed over a clearance letter to the State Government for setting up a multi-product Special Economic Zone at Pallippuram, adjacent to the Cherthala Infopark, in Alappuzha.The new SEZ would be set up as a unit of the Coch 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..

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..

The latest report of the IFC and the World Bank has drawn a comparatively good picture of India as far as starting business in the country is concerned by saying it is easier to start and operate business now than it was three years ago in many la Read More..

With Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan and his Cabinet members busy fighting, the fate of Smart City Kochi is uncertain. The government couldn’t clear the last hurdle of getting the Cabinet nod for the agenda set for talks with Tecom.After mu Read More..

Orion India Systems launched its Kochi operations by opening a state-ofthe- art Technology and Development Centre at the Infopark SEZ on Wednesday. Sunil Mehta, CEO and director, Orion group of companies, said that the new office will provide qual 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..