SmartCity Malta out to attract ICT universities

SmartCity Malta will be trying to attract value-added ICT and media operations, ICT universities and technical colleges, specialised IT academies, and corporate training headquarters, the CEO, Claudio Grech, said today at the GITEX Technology Week in...

SmartCity Malta will be trying to attract value-added ICT and media operations, ICT universities and technical colleges, specialised IT academies, and corporate training headquarters, the CEO, Claudio Grech, said today at the GITEX Technology Week in Dubai.

He said Ricasoli will also be transformed into a hub for knowledge-based activities and a centre for knowledge process outsourcing.

There will also be specialised clusters such as maritime-related ICT, computer gaming and IP (internet) TV and broadcasting.

The GITEX Technology Week is one of the most important ICT exhibitions worldwide.

Mr Grech said SmartCity Malta intended to become the premier ICT training destination in the European Union.

In the meantime it has been revealed that there will soon be a third SmartCity, in the Pacific Asia or Middle-East/North Africa region.

"It will be bigger than our Malta development but probably not quite as big as our precinct in India," explained Fareed Abdulrahman, CEO of SmartCity, the parent of SmartCity Malta. He was being interviewed by GBS Times at GITEX.

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