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(Palestine@gulf)
PITA to launch its New office in
Dubai Internet City
PITA is to celebrate the launching of its office at
the DIC during Gitex Dubai 2002 which will take
place on 13-17 October, 2002.
PITA 2002 Members Directory
PITA is planning to finalize the 2002 members’
directory before Gitex 2002, for that to happen all
members are invited to update their profiles on PITA
website as soon as possible, only profiles on the
website will appear on the directory. You may update
your profile and upload your company logo from the
members’ only
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This Month in PITA E-News |
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New PITA Members |
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Gaza Programs – Update |
Special Thanks to
Castle Soft and to Jamal Sons Co.
PITA would like to
thank Castle Soft for donating Al Aseel Financial
and Management System for free, and to Jamal sons
Co. for donating a Panasonic telephone for PITA
office use in Gaza.
area at PITA website:
http://www.pita-palestine.org/members-only.htm
PITA will add more
sections to the 2002 members’ directory, more
information about the sector, lists of IT products
and services.
All companies are
also invited to submit a list of their products and
services to PITA as soon as possible.
PITA and non PITA
members are also invited to benefit from this
opportunity by advertising in the directory which
will be distributed internationally and locally,
e.g.
at Gitex Dubai 2002, all over the gulf countries
through the DIC office. And locally through direct
mailing to all Palestinian ministries, chamber of
commerce, PNA institutions, Representative offices,
universities, and to other companies.
To reserve your ad space and for any further
inquiry kindly contact PITA office in Ramallah and
Gaza.
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PITA-Gaza Programs – Update
The Compressed Service Program was launched
in cooperation with DAI/MAP June 2, 2002. Eight companies have registered for the program. The first and the
second stages of activities were completed and the
third stage is currently underway. The work will be
conducted with all program participants by the end
of July 2002. PITA is still anticipating other
registrations in this program.
Four ICT companies
in Gaza have registered with PITA to participate in
Gitex-Dubai-2002 as exhibitors. Four to five
other companies expressed interest to participate as
visitors in this important exhibition.
After 13 meetings
were held with member and non member companies to
increase awareness on PITA’s role and activities and
after conducting PITA activities successfully, PITA
received new membership applications from three
local ICT companies, 2 of them already approved by
the BoD.
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In the news
The Israeli Occupation Forces occupy Palnet Office and
Arrest the staff
At
2:30 after
midnight on the 15th of July, the Israeli army,
equipped with Tanks and other military vehicles,
stormed the building that houses the headquarters of
Palnet communications ltd as well as the Masrouji
company (a leading pharmaceutical distributor). The
Israeli solders occupied the building and arrested
six of Palnet support staff members who were working
the night shift that provide support services for
you on 24 hours bases.
Immediately after
occupying the building the soldiers shut off the
electricity that caused disruption of the services
of Palnet all over the country, the services include
internet access, the Palestinian Securities exchange
Market access services, Reuters Financial and News
services, Email services, and all the web sites that
Palnet hosts.
At 9:00 pm the same
day five of the arrested employees were released
with no charges, Raed Rashed , the support team
coordinator is still in custody. Omar Rajab one of
the staff members released suffered a broken foot in
an accident while under arrest.
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General Assembly Meeting postponed
Due to the current situation of the
continuous daily curfews imposed by the Israeli
Occupation Forces; PITA is not able to schedule its
general assembly meeting.
PITA hopes that members will understand that the
board of directors and staff are working hard to
hold the meeting as soon as the conditions permit.
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PITA conducted the
necessary arrangements for a “Commencement
Ceremony” for the professional training courses
(Cisco, Linux and A+ ) in Gaza which was funded by
UNDP.
In cooperation with
DAI/MAP, PITA will announce soon the
Image
Building, PR and Marketing program for the ICT companies in
Gaza. More than 6 companies are expected to register
for the program.
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New
PITA members
PITA welcomes the
new members:
1.
Future Tech.
, Gaza, Mr. Mohammed Alami, Company field of
activity: Networks, Hardware, and maintenance.
2.
Nabil Mortaja for
telecommunications,
Gaza, Mr.
Nabil Mortaja,
Company field of
activity:
Office equipment,
Networks, Telecommunication equipment, and other
related services.
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Formal opening and a reception
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