The Minister of Communications and Information Technology Eng. Mohammed Jameel bin Ahmed Mulla opened here today the 7th Arab Gulf Exhibition of Information Technology "GITEX 2008". The five-day Exhibition is organized by Riyadh Exhibitions Company under the patronage of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in cooperation with Dubai World Trade Centre and Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The Minister expressed his admiration of evolution of technologies and the companies' racing to participate in the exhibition which is considered as one of the most important economic forums in the area of information in the Kingdom and abroad. The Communications and Information Technology Commission participates in the exhibition for the first time. As many as 600 companies from 13 countries participate in the exhibition to introduce solutions for business, personal uses of techniques of communication and information, mobile phones and all techniques and infrastructure related to information technology as well as to highlight future techniques.