This development removes the existing limitation of 160 characters in English and 69 characters in Arabic per SMS alert message.
The new technological development will allow Info2cell.com to send unlimited information through premium alert SMS for the benefit of subscribers of services like breaking news, entertainment and sports updates as well as horoscopes and jokes.
"Continuing our pioneering role in adding value to mobile services, Info2cell.com has removed a major obstacle faced by mobile phone users pertaining to the length of SMS messages," said Bashar Dahabra, founder and CEO of Info2cell.com. "The end-user can thus expect upgraded services with more information, because we can use additional characters to deliver more content to the subscriber."
"The mobile phone market in the Middle East and North Africa region has been expanding at a rapid pace over the past few years. Info2cell.com has been trying to be a step ahead as mobile phone users expectations kept rising. The extended messaging has already been successfully tested with a number of mobile operators," added Dahabra. "We anticipate a strong demand for these services for our 200,000 regional subscribers."
As a cutting edge solution provider in the field of mobile services, Info2cell.com has emerged as a leading player in delivering customized to content to mobile phones through its 18 mobile operators across the GCC and Levant region, such as Etisalat, Fastlink, MTC Kuwait, Batelco, Oman Mobile, Qtel, Mobinil, Spacetel Yemen, Spacetel Syria and Jawal Palestine, among others.
In order to provide value-added services, Info2cell.com has invested over US$ 2.5 million in developing an advanced adaptable Wireless Application Service Provider (WASP) platform at Dubai Internet City. Info2cell.com has successfully launched mobile portals in UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Egypt and Bahrain, and is currently holding talks with several other countries for introducing similar services.
"With the mobile phone becoming a versatile and sophisticated instrument, Info2cell.com believes that the road to success lies in anticipating the needs of subscribers," concluded Dahabra. "Backed by our parent company Acotel, and service providers in the region, Info2cell.com will continue to introduce advanced services for mobile phone users, thereby enhancing their experience, raising productivity and meeting their expectations for advanced alert services and mobile applications."
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- United Arab Emirates: Monday, June 06 - 2005 at 11:47
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Info2cell.com, the leading wireless application service provider, has introduced extended SMS messaging with no limit on the number of characters per message.
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Mr. Dahabra was the chief architect and founder for the concept of a regional wireless portal service in the Middle East. Mr. Dahabra having observed and studied the convergence of the Internet and wireless technologies in the mid 90's developed the info2cell concept in late 1998.As the CEO, Mr. Dahabra was in charge of the overall Business Development, Systems Development and Financial strategies, dealing with the day-to-day operations of Info2cell. Info2cell.com the region's first wireless information provider was established in 1998 to fulfil the need for wireless value added services. In the year 2000, Info2cell.com reengineered and redesigned its core business, to become effectively the first Wireless Application Service Provider (W-ASP) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Mr. Dahabra has 21 years of Systems Engineering, Management and Entrepreneurial experience, having worked for IBM for 10 years in Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, and Jordan. Mr. Dahabra also worked as Director for Systems Development with FLAG for two years in NY, USA. Mr. Dahabra was the founder of a number of successful startups in Jordan, Bahrain and the region including Unitech - Jordan, Unisat - Jordan, First Telecommunication Group - Jordan, Magnet- Jordan and Gulf Soft - Bahrain.
Mr. Dahabra holds a BSc n Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Engineering School at Edinburgh University in 1981 and is a member of a number of professional associations including IEEE, Jordan Computer Society, and Canadian Engineering Society.
Mr. Dahabra maybe contacted by email at dahabra@info2cell.com or phone +971 4 3912800 or fax +971 4 3912822
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