Info2cell.com, the leading mobile application service provider in the Middle East, participated as forum partners in the Jordan ICT Forum that drew to a close today (Thursday, December 07, 2006), at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center in Dead Sea, Amman. The two-day event held under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II, brought together some of the world’s most renowned Information & Communications Technology (ICT) visionaries, policy makers and entrepreneurs to compare progress made and discuss ideas for improvement.
Bashar Dahabra, Founder and CEO of Info2cell.com was one of the panelists at the Jordan ICT Forum. Taking part in the panel discussion titled ‘Content Development for the Region’, Dahabra highlighted the importance of developing innovative content to keep pace with changing consumer preferences.
“With youngsters making up a significant percentage of the mobile user base in the Middle East, mobile application service providers need to constantly introduce exciting content that will appeal to this segment. Over the years, Info2cell.com has set new benchmarks in the provision of mobile content to consumers in the region and our involvement in specialised events such as the Jordan ICT Forum provides us the right platform to interact with industry peers and deliberate on new technologies and trends,” said Bashar Dahabra.
During the Jordan ICT Forum, Info2cell.com also highlighted a wide range of services it offers, including news alerts via SMS and MMS, the state of the art mobile value-added services, GPRS, GSM and Edge services as well as its interactive mobile services for TV channels.
Info2cell.com has entered into strategic partnerships with several leading regional and international content providers over the years, such as Al Arabiya, BBC, CNN, and AME Info. The company’s continuous commitment to offer high quality and innovative content has helped it become a leader in its domain in the highly competitive Middle East and North African markets. The content provider today offers advanced mobile messaging technology to deliver SMS, MMS, WAP, IVR, video, ring-tones, picture messaging, animations and Java games to mobile devices.
“The liberalisation of the telecommunications sector in the Middle East, the rapid technological developments in mobile communications and the ever increasing mobile penetration rates have meant that the potential in this sector is immense, and Info2cell.com with its vast expertise and know-how is well poised to take advantage of this,” said Dahabra.
The Jordan ICT Forum was organised by the Information Technology Association of Jordan- (int@j) and supported by the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MoICT) and Jordan Investment Board (JIB). The Forum addressed critical elements of economic development and reform based around the issues and opportunities of ICT.
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. Mr. Dahabra sold Info2cell early in 2003 to Acotel having interconnected his company with 7 regional operators such as MTC-Kuwait, Fastlink-Jordan, MobiNil-Egypt, Batelco-Bahrain, Etisalat-UAE, Qtel-Qatar, Jawwal-Palestine and having over 250,000 registered mobile subscribers
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 maybe contacted by email at [email protected] or phone +971 4 3912800 or fax +971 4 3912822
