Maktoob.com beats global competitors by being first to introduce free 1,000 MB mailbox facility

Maktoob.com's new development puts it miles ahead of other email providers who have only recently announced 100 MB mailbox facilities in their service. The unique solution also allows Maktoob.com users to send email attachments of upto 50 MB through their accounts. The free facility comes with the Maktoob.com's highly sophisticated solutions such as anti-virus support, which is developed by the Maktoob.com team and are constantly upgraded.

Announcing the landmark achievement, Hussam Khoury, President and Chief Technology Officer, Maktoob.com, said: 'Thanks to recent advances in internet technology, our latest development will further reinforce the maturity achieved by the Arab Internet industry and puts us in the league of top international players. It also underlines the fact that the Arab world remains firm on course in becoming an international online powerhouse!'

With the introduction of the new facility, Maktoob.com is already reporting a surge in its membership which was over 3.5 million before the launch of the 1 GB mailbox. In order to meet this increase in membership and to ensure a smooth storage capacity, the email provider recently completed the necessary technical upgrades of its service, with plans to introduce another speed upgrade soon.

While Maktoob.com is the only email service that can handle bilingual (English / Arabic) email without the need for an Arabic operating system, it remains the only email solution that facilitates legible Arabic text.

Khoury added that the introduction of the new facility was motivated by the increasing demands for email storage from its huge family of registered online users. 'The dependence on e-mail communications has increased more than ten-fold over the past 4 years in the Arab world and we would like to boost that positive trend by being able to provide a sound, hassle-free service,' he pointed out. 'Email users can now confidently handle their email communications without worrying about space being eaten up.'