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AME Info FZ LLC
Image:Ame_logo_black_tag.jpg
Type Private
Founded Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (1993)
Location Dubai Internet City, Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Key people Klaus Lovgreen, Founder & CEO
Lars Nielsen, Founder & VP Sales
Industry New Media
Business News
Publishing
Products Business Directory
Events Calendar
News and Features
Revenue n/a
Website www.ameinfo.com

AME Info is a business news and information website about the Middle East. Founded in the United Arab Emirates in 1993, the company began as a CD-ROM directory of regional businesses and established AMEInfo.com as a support website in April 1996. In 1999 this directory was moved onto the internet, and content was expanded to include press releases, editorial news, and an events directory. Image File history File links AME Info logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A private company is a company that is not a public company. ... Abu Dhabi or Abu Zaby (Arabic language: أبوظبي) is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Dubai Internet City (DIC) has no connection with Government of Dubai, in United Arab Emirates. ... Dubai or Dubayy (in Arabic: دبيّ, IPA , generally in English) refers to either one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula, or that emirates main city, sometimes called Dubai City to distinguish it from the emirate. ... New media usually refers to a group of relatively recent mass media based on new information technology. ... News is essentially new information or current events. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article is about the computing term. ... A calendar is a system for naming periods of time, typically days. ... For the tax agency in the UK of the same name , see HM Revenue and Customs. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ...

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Current Business Activities

Online video

In late 2002, AME Info launched AME Info Broadcast, a division to produce online business video news features and interviews. The service currently operates in a Flash format for broadband users. Flash can have many meanings. ... Broadband in general refers to data transmission where multiple pieces of data are sent simultaneously to increase the effective rate of transmission. ...


Internet radio

In late 2004, AME Info launched the Middle East's first online business radio, featuring a mix of popular music and talk content. It is accompanied by stand-alone radio features and interviews with celebrities, such as George Michael, Rod Stewart, Carlos Santana and others. Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... George Michael George Michael (born June 25, 1963) is a Greek-British pop singer/songwriter born in East Finchley, London. ... Rod Stewart Roderick David Stewart (born January 10, 1945 in Highgate, London) is an English born singer and songwriter of Scottish descent, most known for his uniquely raspy, gravelly voice and personable singing style, as exemplified in his signature song Maggie May. In a career now entering its fifth decade... Carlos Santana in concert, Barcelona 2003 Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican guitarist, originally from Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco. ...


History

AME Info was initially Arabian Modern Equipment Est., incorporated in Abu Dhabi, February 1993 by Saif Al-Suwaidi and Klaus Lovgreen. The first version of the AME Info CD-ROM database of 125,000 companies was developed and compiled late 1996 and sold some 10,000 copies. Abu Dhabi or Abu Zaby (Arabic language: أبوظبي) is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ...


In mid-1996, Lars B Nielsen joined the company as a shareholder and head of sales.


In 1997, major sponsors including Shell Markets Middle East and UPS allowed the concept to expand, and the 1998 edition of AME Info reached a free circulation of more than 180,000 copies (20,000 were distributed in a branded version through Shell in the Middle East magazine). A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... UPS stands for: Ubiquitin proteasome system Underground Press Syndicate Uninterruptible power supply United Parcel Service package delivery company serving most of the world, founded in Seattle, Washington University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA Universal Press Syndicate USS Puget Sound Universal Pantheist Society This is a disambiguation page — a navigational...


Following the 1998 edition, more branded versions were produced for Shell Markets Middle East, Batelco, Orbit Television and Radio Network and Intel. The circulation in 1999 topped out at some 250,000 free copies distributed through direct mail and magazines including Shell in the Middle East, Gulf Marketing review, The Middle East and Windows User Magazine. Look up Shell in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Things commonly known as shell include: An animal shell, the hard, rigid outer covering of an animal such as a mollusk or a turtle. ...


In 1999 the company shifted from the CD-ROM platform to the Internet and added content such as company news and current events to the services. In the autumn of 2000 the company added a journalistic touch to the content portfolio and launched AME Info FN headed by Peter Cooper - concentrating on the financial markets and economics in the region. In November 2000 AME Info was awarded "Best Commercial Services Site" by Visa International and Arabian Business. The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ...


A number of professional contributors across the region has since joined the site with a large variety of vertical content columns including topics such as e-business, environment, education, defence and currency commentary among others.


In May 2001 the company moved to Dubai Media City becoming AME Info FZ LLC and expanded its content into multimedia. Its current content includes video and audio features, as well as streaming internet radio. Internet radio is a broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. ...


In March 2005, HSBC Private Equity Middle East Ltd acquired a significant equity stake in AME Info FZ LLC. This article is about concept of equity in Anglo-American jurisprudence. ...


AME Info was the first Middle East website to achieve certification from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC ELECTRONIC).


Services

AME Info offers a range of Middle East business-related services.


Newsletter

AME Info sends a weekly business news letter to executives in the Middle East and wider region.


Directory

AME Info's business directory covering contact and activity details of some 200,000 companies from 14 Middle East countries, including:


Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. ...


Events calendar

AME Info's searchable database holds information on more than 1,459 upcoming events in the Middle East, from exhibitions and roadshows to seminars and conferences.


External links

  • AME Info website
  • AME Info blog


 
 

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