TRA honors winners of mGovernment magazine and the Smart Application Competitions

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has honored the competition winners organized by mGovernment magazine, which is published monthly, with the support from the TRA, and the winners of the TRA’s Smart Application Competition. The competitions are continuing to see an overwhelming response from readers and are considered to be part of the ‘public response indicators’ which determine the opinion towards deals made to support mGovernment Initiative’s as well as the influence the magazine has with its readers. The competitions are also considered a tool to assess public feedback in how citizens are benefiting from smart services provided by the TRA.

The mGovernment magazine aims to raise awareness about mobile Government initiatives and inform the public about the most important mobile applications unveiled by various federal and local government authorities. Elsewhere, the application provides the TRA with a more effective tool to complete various transactions faster and more efficiently, as well as provide other services relating to the quality of coverage.

“Though launching the mGovernment magazine competition, we aim to ignite the continued support for mGovernment initiatives. Services of this significance cannot succeed in achieving its goals unless accompanied with a public informative program directed towards raising awareness on related concepts and values, highlighting their importance and educating public on dealing with privacy and security challenges,” commented His Excellency Hamad Obaid Al Mansouri, TRA Director General.

"The magazine aims to spread and highlight the concepts and values of the smart government initiative amongst all UAE citizens. It also serves as an educational outreach tool to reinforce and build the appropriate knowledge environment for the prosperity of mGovernment services,” he added.

H.E. stressed the TRA’s commitment and keenness to launch this magazine so it becomes the central point that connects all government suppliers to share viewpoints, insights and experiences all aimed to reinforce and share a smart government culture.

The magazine objectives include increasing awareness on the importance of developing standards and regulations that govern the web usage; highlighting the dangers that can face children and adults alike; defining the latest technological developments, applications and programs and linking them to the community; developing plans and scientific research that work to achieve family ideals and sustainable knowledge share.

The applications include services such as email, instant messaging, file transfer protocols and voice dialing, thus making technological knowledge accessible to everyone, whilst spreading cultural principles and reinforcing safe morals for when using modern technology.

“Each project must have performance indicators that should be used to measure its progress and success in achieving its goals. The monthly competition is one of the key indicators aimed to measure the success of the magazine,” H.E. continued.

H.E. called upon all individuals who have an idea, opinion or comment to contact and share with the magazine’s team and actively participate.