Efonica to exhibit with DIC Community Zone at GITEX Dubai 2003

Notes and media contacts

About Efonica
Efonica is a leading provider of high quality and low cost Voice over IP (VoIP) services. With its main offices based in New York, and its international sales office in Dubai Internet City, Efonica caters to global telecom needs. Benefiting from its services are mainly Telecom resellers, ISPs, Internet cafes, Global enterprises, Residential & corporate end-users. With the cooperation appointed partners, Efonica has successfully managed to establish new markets in the Middle East, Africa and Gulf regions. To ensure outstanding voice quality, Efonica uses its own network and infrastructure as well as solid partnerships with numerous global carriers. Efonica services range from Pc to Phone and Direct Phone to Phone, broadband phone solutions as well as a unique feature: the Web Activated Phone to Phone. Efonica's multi-service back-office supports Private Label programs such as billing, operations management, technical assistance, and marketing support. Efonica also provides a range of hardware solutions varying from computer related to stand-alone devices that enhance Internet Telephony services.

About Dubai Internet City
Dubai Internet City (DIC) provides a Knowledge Economy Ecosystem designed to support the business development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies. It is the Middle East's biggest IT infrastructure, built inside a free trade zone and has the largest commercial Internet Protocol Telephony system in the world. DIC is a strategic base for companies targeting emerging markets in a vast region extending from the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent, and Africa to the CIS countries, covering 1.8 billion people with a GDP of $1.5 trillion. In line with Dubai's liberal economic policies and regulations, DIC offers foreign companies 100% tax-free ownership, 100% repatriation of capital and profits, no currency restrictions, easy registration and licensing, stringent cyber regulations and protection of intellectual property.

Within a short span of time, a dynamic international community of ICT companies has established itself in DIC. The global ICT giants are all here: Microsoft, Oracle, HP, IBM, Compaq, Dell, Siemens, Canon, Logica, Sony Ericsson, Schlumberger and Cisco, to name just a few. These companies represent a formidable community of over 14,000 knowledge workers. The cluster of ICT companies in DIC comprise of Software Development, Business Services, Web Based & e-Commerce, Consultancy, Education & Training, Sales & Marketing and Back Office Operations. DIC provides a scalable state-of-the-art technology platform to companies looking to provide cost effective Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Services such as call center operations.


Efonica Contact:
Marc Bassoul
Efonica International Account Executive
Tel: +971 4 391 0333

Press Contact:
Nadine Salem / Abeer Al-Qadi
Gambate! Communications
Tel: +971 4 391 6424