Abu Dhabi has surged to 5th globally in the 2025 IMD Smart City Index, a testament to its strategy linking policy, tech, and visible projects. Residents praise its safety, efficient public transport, and digital services like the TAMM platform. The city's focus on human-centered technology, from autonomous vehicles to AI cleaning fleets, significantly enhances urban living.
Abu Dhabi has moved rapidly up the global smart-city ladder in 2025, earning a top-five place in the IMD Smart City Index and widespread recognition for safety, digital services and urban innovation. The rise reflects a concerted, strategy-led push that links public policy, private tech partnerships and visible projects on the ground.
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What I Discovered When I Unplugged in a Hyperconnected World
In a city where everything runs on data, going offline felt almost impossible. The UAE is built on innovation — from driverless taxis to AI-powered coffee shops, it’s a place where technology doesn’t just assist life; it is life. Yet one Friday morning, I caught myself refreshing my phone before I’d even opened the blinds. My thumb moved on instinct, like muscle memory, and I realized I couldn’t remember the last time I’d been bored — or still. That’s when I decided: I needed a break from the scroll.
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Dubai Police and Parkin PJSC have partnered to integrate their systems, allowing automatic detection of vehicles with unpaid fines, seizure orders, or wanted status as soon as they enter Parkin parking facilities. This real-time connection aims to enhance road safety, improve enforcement efficiency, and support Dubai’s digital transformation by enabling quick legal action and better traffic management.
Dubai Police and Parkin PJSC have joined forces to digitally link their systems, enabling automatic detection of vehicles with unpaid fines or seizure notices the moment they access Parkin facilities. This integration marks a major leap in smart traffic enforcement and is part of Dubai’s broader digital transformation push.
Through this strategic collaboration, Infra-X and MEA-Comm will jointly conduct technical and commercial assessments of interactive digital twins and edge-enabled architectures
InfraX, a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (PJSC), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MEA-Comm, a UAE-based system integrator at the forefront of developing private wireless networks for industrial IoT across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, in partnership with international leading Technology suppliers and manufacturers to accelerate the development and enablement of advanced industrial IoT solutions and applications for utilities and critical industries in Dubai and UAE. The partnership was signed between Rashid Alahmedi, COO of InfraX, and Dr. Abdulhadi AbouAlmal, PhD, CEO of MEA-Comm, on the sidelines of GITEX Global 2025, which runs from 13–17 October at Dubai World Trade Centre.
The launch was announced during Dubai Municipality’s participation in GITEX Global 2025 at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Dubai Municipality has launched the DANA project, an integrated smart digital system designed to strengthen city management and accelerate Dubai’s digital transformation. The initiative leverages optimal integration between Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to provide intelligent solutions for the accurate visualisation and analysis of geospatial data. The launch was announced during Dubai Municipality’s participation in GITEX Global 2025 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.