Dubai Internet City (DIC) Company Formation

Dubai Internet City (DIC) Free Zone Focus

Dubai Internet City (DIC) Free Zone is a member of TECOM Investments and is the largest Information and Communications Technology hub in the Middle East and North Africa.

DIC Free Zone is an ideal base for investors wishing to target emerging global markets. The population of emerging markets is around 2 billion with a GDP of $7 trillion.

DIC is located and operates in the Dubai Technology & Media Free Zone’s (DTMFZA) jurisdiction.

DIC was created in 2000 and is now used as a base for giant multinationals, many of whom are Fortune 500 companies. Facebook and LinkedIn are housed at DIC as well as many other well-known foreign and local companies.

DIC was the developer of the business park concept in Dubai and today is home for over 15,000 knowledge workers.

DIC provides support to clients who wish to incorporate their ICT business with its In5 Innovation hub and First Steps business centre. These facilities provide invaluable support, especially useful to start-up businesses and small-medium sized enterprises, enabling them to establish their businesses swiftly and easily.

In5 provides the necessary infrastructure, working environment and access to funds and was created to develop and encourage innovation for entrepreneurs. First Steps was created with the aim of supporting start-ups and small-medium sized enterprises, supporting the businesses until they are able to grow. It provides many services which are used by clients from the registration process to the day to day running of the business.

Investors involved in the following business activities are welcome to be part of the DIC community:

• Software:developing, modifying, installing software products
• Network and Telecommunications: developing, operating, installing, modifying networks or providing services for operating network-based applications or services
• Internet and Multimedia: developing, distributing internet or multimedia content. Distributing goods or services via the Internet, provision of network applications
• IT Service: developing and providing IT services such as security, localization, training services

DIC also welcomes investors from other industry sectors such as:

• General service providers: for example insurance, travel, courier
• Consultants: for example lawyers, accountants, auditors
• Property management: for example, commercial development, property management
• Hotels and leisure: for example, hotels, apartments