Rami Olwan

Non-profit corporation Creative Commons (CC) is making inroads in the Middle East by launching their first Arabic copyright licences in Jordan next month.

Mohammed Omran, Etisalat's Chairman, stressed the importance of flexibility in laws and legislation governing the telecommunications sector to help stimulate continued growth of the sector . This came during his participation at the ITU Telecoms World conference, which is taking place under the theme "Open Networks - Connected Minds" in Geneva.

Spam and virus attack rates in the UAE increased this month while globally they showed a decrease, according to a report. Spam rate in UAE increased to 91 per cent in September from last month's 85.3 per cent, while globally it decreased from 88.5 per cent to 86.4 per cent.

Kuwait has blocked a number of Internet blogs and websites with links to "terror" cells and groups, a top official said in comments published on Friday.