Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) is a 7.2 million square meter technology park dedicated to the microelectronics and semiconductor industry. DSO features a technology community, housing a state-of-the-art Microelectronics Innovation Centre (MIC), microelectronics and optoelectronics related enterprises, fabrication plants, research and development centres and specialized academic institutions and residential areas. So far investment in the development is estimated to exceed $10 billion.
DSO is located on Dubai's Emirates Road, only a short distance from Dubai International Airport, Jebel Ali Port and Dubai's central business district. It is the only Freezone in Dubai designed as an integrated community, allowing your personal life to flourish along side your professional life.
Living at the DSO is like being part of high-tech suburbia. The close-knit community of villa or apartments are furnished with sweeping sidewalks, landscaped gardens, and public parks. The residential section houses excellent familial recreation and entertainment amenities, including a club house, that includes a multipurpose hall for family and community gatherings; a state of the art gymnasium; a swimming pool; mini shopping centre and a play-ground for children.
The Microelectronics Innovation Center - the first phase of DSO - offers an unbeatable combination of inexpensive regional engineering talent, cost-effective design tools and high-end turnkey design infrastructure. And through stringent IP laws and active enforcement, your business's security and privacy are guaranteed.
Businesses at DSO have access to quick immigration procedures and single-window business start-up at DSO's Business Acceleration Center, to enable an office to be up and running from as little as 30 days.
In terms of doing business at DSO, advantages include:
• Government Tax Incentives
• 100% foreign ownership
• 100% repatriation of capital/profits
• No corporate taxes
• No personal income taxes
• No foreign--exchange control
