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The UAE has a 43% internet penetration rate but the telecommunications regulatory authority (TRA) hopes that the memorandum of understanding inked by Injazat Data Systems and the TRA's Computer Emergency Response Team (aeCERT) to market the ".ae" domain name will help to boost that figure.

TRA director general Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim described the deal as "an important step in providing Injazat with high-quality services that will protect its IT infrastructure via aeCERT, whose objectives are to enhance the cyber security law and assist in the creation of new ones and enhance information security awareness across the UAE".
Under the terms of the agreement, Injazat will market and register ".ae" website domains in the UAE, which have been regulated by the TRA since 2007. The TRA claims that internet use in the Middle East grew by 1,296 per cent from 2000 to 2008, but it said that Arabic content currently accounts for less than 1% of all online content.

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