The National Media Council offers four service categories to media and communications customers

1. Media Licensing: This includes issuance and renewal of licenses for wide ranging on-shore and off-shore media and communications activities. (Application must be filled only in Arabic)
2. Monitoring Media Content: This includes permissions for the circulation and production of wide ranging media contents in print and audio-visual forms.
3. Journalists Accreditation: This includes permissions for foreign journalists and correspondents based in the UAE for specific periods of time.
4. News Services: This includes news material transmitted by the Emirates News Agency, WAM, to subscribing media organizations or individuals in addition to daily bulletins and SMS services, and our presence on the web, via our own site or our Twitter and Facebook feeds.