The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has signed a contract to money the info and development center and construct a lab for the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK), held throughout the first day of GITEX 2016. The fund's worth is worth AED 3.4 million.

The agreement is among the TRA's social responsibility contributions specifically in the field of higher education. The TRA highly values the function of youth in guaranteeing the nation's continuing advancement and end up being an international leader in all sectors.

By funding the development and information center, the TRA seeks to promote and support innovation among college student, support the national college nationwide sector and draw in more engineering students to enroll in bachelors and masters degrees. Establishing the innovation and information center will also supply benefits to other educational entities which can use the center, consisting of the cooperation of the center with the industry and other higher education entities.

H.E. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, TRA Director General, stated that development is important in shaping the future of the nation. He noted that empowering college student is a major aspect for modern-day technology to produce innovation in the ICT sector and enable them to lead and develop technologies that serve regional needs and way of life.

"Following the directives of the nation's wise leadership, the TRA has placed development as one of the top priorities amongst its programs by offering instructional scholarships and utilizing the development spirit among trainees such as the TRA innovation camp. ICT is a major factor in development. The TRA considers itself as an essential partner of the education sector in promoting imagination and developing innovations out of their developments." H.E. Al Mansoori added.

The contract is among the various accords and collaborations signed by the TRA with numerous academic entities recently in bid to enhance the education sector's facilities in universities, including offering scholarships for students to assist them receive jobs and keep pace with the requirements of the business sector.