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Info2cell.com launches new service to provide SMS stock index alerts to mobile subscribers in the UAE
- United Arab Emirates: Sunday, September 18 - 2005 at 11:05
- PRESS RELEASE
Info2cell.com, the leading Wireless Application Service Provider (WASP) in the Middle East and North Africa, has launched a new service which provides mobile phone subscribers with stock index alerts as well as local and regional business news headlines via SMS.
Bashar Dahabra, Founder and CEO, Info2cell.com, said, "Today, there is a huge demand for mobile content services such as breaking news and stock index updates. With the increasingly mobile nature of business, the concept of stock index alerts has assumed a never-before importance, as it could impact critical decisions. The new service will ensure that businessmen, investors and other decision-makers in the UAE receive reliable and timely updates of the latest developments at ADSM and DFM as well as the latest business headlines, facilitating faster and more efficient decision-making."
"The phenomenal growth in the volume of trading and the concurrent increase in the number of investors and traders have transformed ADSM and DFM into regional stock trading hubs, with major developments taking place every few minutes. Given this rapid pace of activity at ADSM and DFM, the new stock alert service comes as a boon to the UAE's business community, as they can be assured of the latest stock updates, regardless of where they are," Dahabra added.
The stock alert service is the latest addition to Info2cell.com's considerable portfolio of SMS alert services, which include news, Islamic content, sports and entertainment.
Info2cell.com's breaking news service is based on its multimillion WASP platform that provides potential access to 50 million mobile subscribers in the Middle East. The Info2cell WASP platform, which is interconnected to 22 mobile operators in the region, offers the most advanced mobile messaging technology to enable content providers to effectively deliver diverse messages and data to mobile phones, such as SMS, MMS, WAP, IVR, video, ring tones, picture messaging and Java games.
"Info2cell.com is committed to introduce innovative mobile services tailored to meet specific requirements. With a portfolio of services that cater to all sections of the society, backed by its considerable expertise in the sector, Info2cell.com is uniquely positioned to provide sophisticated, mobile value-added services to customers by anticipating their future needs," Dahabra concluded.
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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. The content provision model was also revamped with the addition of many content providers and channels.The Acotel Group, a leading independent European Wireless Application Service Provider (WASP) and a multimedia service integrator, based in Rome, Italy, recently acquired Info2cell.com. Info2cell.com draws on the experience of Acotel in its service offering. Info2cell.com, which first launched its SMS breaking news service in Jordan in May 2001, quickly moved to expand to other markets in the region, and began similar services in Egypt in August 2001, UAE in November 2001 and Kuwait in January 2002.
The company headquarters are now located in the heart of the Middle-East technology hub at Dubai Internet City (DIC). The primary Development Center is in Amman Jordan, and editorial offices are located in Amman, Beirut, Cairo and Ramallah in Palestine. Mr. Dahabra can be contacted on phone +971 4 3912800, fax +971 4 3912822.
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