Research firm IDC has said that the introduction of value-added tax in January 2018 will exacerbate the outlook for the mobile phone market in the GCC region. With VAT of 5% becoming effective across the UAE and Saudi Arabia on January 1st, and the rest of the GCC following suit laterRead More…

According to the latest figures announced today by IDC, the mobile phone market in GCC remained flat in Q3 2017. The global technology research and consulting firm’s newly released Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows overall shipments for the quarter totaled 6.4 million units, reflecting an increase of just 0.1% quarterRead More…

du has announced that it will collect tax on behalf of the government at a standard rate of 5%, which will be added on applicable products and usage of its services starting from January 1, 2018. This is in compliance with the Federal Decree-Law No 8 of 2017 issued byRead More…

The GCC mobile phone market started 2017 off on a positive note according to the latest figures announced today by International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting firm’s newly released Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that overall shipments for the first quarter of the year totaled 6.1Read More…