Info2cell.com gears to provide enhanced SMS Breaking News coverage on war situation

Info2cell, now fully owned by Acotel, the leading European wireless application service provider, has expanded its editorial team and sought inputs from its international partner to meet the projected increased demand for its SMS Breaking News service. It has also made provisions for a 24-hour service in countries where the service provider permits it.

"We are fully geared to meet an increased demand for our SMS Breaking News due to the impending US attack on Iraq and its fallout on the region," said Bashar Dahabra, Founder and CEO of Info2cell.com. "As the leading wireless information service provider, Info2cell.com has invested in additional resources, including an expanded editorial team, to provide an objective and professional news service to mobile phone users in the region. In addition, we will leverage the expertise of the content management team at Acotel in Rome to enrich our coverage and add value to our service. We will live by our motto of letting our subscribers be the first to know whenever a major story breaks out."

Info2cell.com has projected that the heightened demand would lead to a 50 per cent increase in subscription to the SMS Breaking News service, boosting the subscriber figure to 150,000 subscribers from the current 100,000.

"Having set the standards in wireless messaging, Info2cell.com is ready to move several steps further in this specialty area at a time when SMS messaging is gaining a wide following and technology is expanding the scope of wireless messaging," said Dahabra. "In the past, Info2cell.com has been able to sometimes beat satellite television in speed of transmitting breaking stories. With our expanded team and greater expertise we are geared to do even better."

Mobile phone users can receive the SMS Breaking News as it happens by subscribing to the service by dialing a given number or sending a subscription message to a preset number.

Mobile phone users in the UAE can dial 122 for prepaid WASEL subscribers or 125 for GSM subscribers. In Bahrain, subscribers can send the SMS "2" for English sms service and "1" for Arabic sms service to 5555, while subscribers in Kuwait can send the SMS "1" for Arabic sms service or "2" for English sms service to 804. In Jordan, Fastlink subscribers can send the SMS "News" for English sms service and "Akhbar" for Arabic sms service to 1444 and in Qatar, Qtel subscribers can join the service by calling the customer care center 110.

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