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Qatar Telecom (Qtel) yesterday announced it had doubled broadband speeds for its customers free of charge.

Qatar Accounts for 4.3 percent of infected computers in the Middle East; 42.6 percent of the country’s citizens are vulnerable to cyber crime today, with an exponential growth in Qatar’s internet usage, according to statistics released by Trend Micro, an international company specliasing in internet content security.

Whether we like it or not, social networking will become part of our lives as it already has with 70 percent of the people around the world who are connected to the Internet and are part of different global community networks.

Doha is emerging as an increasingly important city on the global stage due to its massive gas revenues and timing of development that will follow the global crisis, according to a new report.

The UAE, which has expressed reservations over a decision to base the Gulf central bank in Saudi Arabia, was still supporting monetary union plans, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) said on Sunday.

The director of Medical Commission Dr Ahmed Naji has reiterated that medical check-up was obligatory for all workers coming to Qatar, regardless of certificates they carried with them from their countries.

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has completed 34 of the schools that it had taken up for construction from the Supreme Education Council (SEC).

Dohaland and Turner International Middle East have signed an agreement to form a joint venture, Time Qatar, which will be an independent project management company.

Residents who stay back in Qatar during summer school break are in for a treat.