DUBAI INTERNET CITY

Dubai Internet City opened doors in October 2000, developed by Dubai Holding, an affiliate of the Government of Dubai.

Since 2005, the allotment of newly built leasable space has been closed however; DIC became a victim of its own success and lacked enough office accommodation to house new arrivals. DIC issued temporary licenses to a number of companies enabling them to incorporate and run outside of DIC for a period of time until offices were available. However, the number of such temporary licenses that DIC are allowed to issue is also limited, meaning that there is now a waiting list to be on the waiting list. For those on the waiting list, DIC refuses to confirm how long the waiting list is, where a company is on the waiting list, or even whether it is a waiting list in the true sense (since some of DIC's communications suggest that offices that do become available are not necessarily allocated to those who have been in the waiting list the longest). The DIC web site is still advertising as 'open for business' however and makes no mention of the fact that the project is effectively on hold.