ICT
spending in Gulf states expected to exceed US$
10.10 billion by 2010
Hyderabad|India|October'2009: With over 55 exhibitors, India is
emerging as one of the most prominent exhibiting
countries at GITEX Dubai 2009. Speaking at a Press
Conference, Mr. Sooraj Dhawan, official
spokesperson for the Indian delegation and
Director, Falcon Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd., shared
information on the Indian companies who are
exhibiting at 29th Gitex Technology Week being
held in Dubai from 18-22 October 2009.
Gitex is the biggest ICT exposition in the
Middle East and amongst the Top 3 ICT Exhibitions
in the world. With over 3000 exhibitors and 125000
Trade Buyers from all over the world, GITEX is the
biggest converging point for global IT suppliers
and Technology buyers in Asia. ICT spending in
Gulf states (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Oman and
Qatar) is expected to exceed US$ 10.10 billion by
2010.
“India is showcasing its expertise in the areas
of Computer Software, Hardware, Security and
Telecom Solutions., added Mr. Dhawan. Prominent
Indian companies exhibitors at Gitex Dubai 2009
include L&T Infotech Ltd., HCL Technologies Ltd.,
Polaris Retail Infotech Limited., Bharti Teletech
Ltd., Wings Infonet Limited, net4i, Aksh Optifibre,
Financial Technologies (India) Ltd. etc., “
informed Mr. Dhawan.
Indian companies are renowned for their
expertise in Computer Software and this is aptly
reflected at the technology display at GITEX.
“Wings Infonet Limited shall be displaying
their complete range of ERP solutions including
Wings Payroll, Wings Asset, Wings Retail, Wings
Auto, Wings F&B, Wings DMS. Gateway TechnoLabs Pvt.
Ltd. shall display their Global track record in
delivering, IT Services like Application
Development/Maintenance/Migration/Re-engineering
etc. Navigators Software Pvt Ltd will display HR
Performance Appraisal Software, Real Estate
Management Software, e-commerce solutions etc.
Polaris Retail Infotech Limited will demonstrate
solutions in Retail ERP domain. Silver Touch
Technologies Ltd.will be focussing on iPhone,
BlackBerry, Symbian(Nokia) based mobile apps, MS
Dynamics NAV/CRM implementation and integration,
Remote Infrastructure Services, NOC services, IT
consulting on Government and Turnkey projects and
Software development outsourcing. ANGLER
Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. will offer Software
Products on Fleet Management, CMS (Content
Management Systems/Web Portals), CRM/SFA,
E-Learning Systems, E-commerce platform, Time &
Attendance software, Mobile Applications and
TimeSheet solutions, IP Phone, Universal Gateway,
Hospitality PBX, GSM FCT and VOIP etc.,” added Mr.
Dhawan.
Mr. Dhawan also informed the press about strong
Indian presence in Telecom sector and mentioned
that Matrix Telecom Pvt. Ltd. will showcase their
Enterprise PBX, IP PBX, SMB PBX VOIP Gateway, GSM
Gateway systems.
Bharti Teletech Ltd plans to showcase Phones ,
Modems , IP products , EDGE Cards , Allied GSM
Products , Set Top Boxes , ODM/OEM Services ,
Network Access Equipments in the category of
Multiservice Access Platform , Mobile Backhauling
, HDSL , High End Interface converters , Ethernet
Access . Other Telecom companies include Coral
Telecom Ltd. and Digilink etc.
“India is equally strong at Computer Hardware
and also showcasing PC and Printer solutions, UPS
Solutions etc. Companies such as SUKAM, Luminous,
Genus and others will be the star attractions in
the Indian Hardware pavilion. India offers
excellent solutions in networking and Information
security services and companies like Elitecore and
MWTI will be displaying state of the art solutions
in this domain ,” informed Mr. Dhawan.
GITEX 2009 is also seeing several first time
exhibitors. These include companies like Vodafone
Essar Limited who will promote Carrier Business
offers for Voice and Data Services. Financial
Technologies (India) Ltd. shall demonstrate their
experience, capabilities and expertise in
providing IT Consultancy Services.
Mr. Dhawan said, “In addition to Indian
companies, various Indian states will be wooing
overseas investors for attracting Inward
investments. Kerala, home to three
state-of-the-art facilities known as Infopark,
Technopark and Cyberpark will offer unique
investment opportunities like Land (undeveloped,
semi developed, fully developed), finished built
space as well as Public Private Partnership (PPP)
opportunities to prospective global investors into
India. The state of Orissa is also exhibiting
their Investments options.”
“India participation at GITEX 2009 is strongly
supported by the Electronics and Computer Software
Export Promotion Council of India (ESC), who is
emerging as the leading Indian organisation for
promotion of Technology exports from India”,
concluded Mr. Dhawan.
