Jordan Telecom Group provides Tala Bay Resort with telecom services

The Group President, Laurent Mialet and the Jordan Touristic Projects Development Co CEO, Naser al Khalidi, signed the Agreement.

The Agreement enables the Jordan Touristic Development Co and investors in the Tala Bay project to access full benefits of modern telecom services provided by the JT Group, including the undertaking of necessary civil works, cable laying and networks connectivity.

Mialet affirmed the Group's endeavor to develop the ICT infrastructure in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZA), in response to the due importance the ASEZA holds in enhancing the national economy.

Mialet added that the Agreement will help provide the infrastructure at Tala Bay Resort with modern telecom services, and technological solutions all made possible by the JT Group and according to international standards.

"Jordan Telecom, in its new existence as an Integrated Operator, has enhanced its capabilities in offering and providing the services that merge between telecommunications and information," said Eng Dissa Jaimouka, Director, Operational Marketing.

Such services are made available for both residential and business customers she added, whereby this Agreement comes to provide a true translation of the JT vision in providing the right environment for local and foreign investments.

Jordan Telecom has earlier this month announced its adoption of the integrated operator concept amongst its different subsidiaries. Activities provided by Jordan Telecom, MobileCom, Wanadoo and e-Dimension have all come together under one umbrella, that of the JT Group integrated administrative structure.

Al Khalidi said that the Agreement aims to promote local and foreign investments in the touristic sector, generally in ASEZA and particularly in the Tala Bay Resort. It endeavours to rehabilitate housing units, hotels, and commercial centres with telecom services and technological solutions which will upgrade the project's level and help the Company promote it well in the few forthcoming years.

Jordan for Touristic Projects Development was established in June 2001 by a group of investors. Later it became a public holding entity and aims to build comprehensive high standard resorts. The Tala Bay Resort will be constructed on an area amounting to 2671 dunoms.

The Resort will have many tourist attractions including the Red Sea Beach, stretching over two kilometers, a yachts bay in an area of 30 thousand sq metres, different accommodation facilities, hotels, recreational activities including a golf court, beach club, water garden, other support services, shops, and residential areas for employees.