Al Jazeera Channel launches 'Al Jazeera Mobile' Breaking News in Palestine

Al Jazeera Channel's Marketing Director Mr. Hamad Yahya Al-Nuaimi expressed his satisfaction for the launching of this news service in Palestine, taking into considerations that it is an area of core political news value and exchange, which necessitates the significance of having such a service available for news followers.

"Al Jazeera Mobile" was launched in October 2003 by "Al Jazeera Channel" in association with "Al Majaz Telecom Technology", to provide the latest news alerts and developments for subscribers interested in receiving Al Jazeera Channel breaking news through the Short Message Service SMS anywhere in the world.

In the framework of collaboration between Al Jazeera Channel and Al Majaz Telecom Technology, Mr. Mohammed Al Obaidly points out the importance of extending "Al Jazeera Mobile" service regionally and internationally. He also states, that the launch of this service in Palestine is part of a plan, that started initially in Qatar through Qtel, Qatar Telecommunications Company, and gained a great success because of increasing numbers of subscribers interested in receiving Breaking News, Political News, Business & Economic News, and Sports News. After Qatar and the UAE, in addition to Jordan, Egypt, and now Palestine; the service will extend soon to include other countries in the Middle East and North Africa, with plans to cover mobile service networks worldwide.

After the launch of this service, JAWWAL subscribers, can fill out a subscription form, and include the desired language, either Arabic or English. Now, with this service "JAWWAL" subscribers can be ensured they are kept well informed at all times about recent developments regionally and globally through their GSM.