Info2cell.com partners with Fastlink in Jordan for the Z Line service

Published October 23rd, 2005 - 01:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Info2cell.com the leading Wireless Application Service Provider (WASP) in the Middle East and North Africa, has announced its partnership with Fastlink, Jordan’s first GSM service operator and part of the Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC), the largest mobile operator in the Middle East and Africa, to build, design and maintain the platform for the Z Line pre-paid mobile card service launched recently by Fastlink.

The Z Line service provides pre paid card users reduced rates and a fixed tariff throughout the day and offers them an option to download the latest ringtones, games, wallpapers and videos from the WAP portal and ZWAP Magazine. Info2cell.com`s experienced staff, will supervise and provide 24/7 maintenance for the platform that supports the WAP and web portals of the Z Line service. It will also provide the content for this service including the latest ringtones, Java games, themes, jokes, horoscopes and entertainment news.

“We are pleased to tie-up with Fastlink on their latest project, reaffirming our position as their strategic partners in Jordan,” said Bashar Dahabra, Founder and CEO, Info2cell.com. “We are keen to provide our clients with the most up-to-date and reliable mobile content delivery service and we are certain that the Z Line service will be extremely popular, especially among youngsters who are enthusiastic about downloading the latest ringtones, javagames and videos. Moreover, the steady increase in mobile penetration rates in Jordan has been spurred by the younger segment of the population who constitute the majority of the prepaid mobile card market.”

“The Z Line service has been introduced after a thorough study of the market and has been designed specifically for the youth,” Bashar Arafeh, Chief Marketing Officer, Fastlink, said. “The service is part of Fastlink’s plans to provide a range of products and services that address the mobile communication requirements of various sections of the society and in the process increase mobile usage in the country. Info2cell.com was an obvious choice for us as our strategic partner to provide content and maintenance as they have the required expertise and infrastructure to offer high quality and reliable mobile value added service. We have also shared a very fruitful relationship with Info2cell.com in the past.”

The Z Line service includes Z Line and Z WAP. The Z Line is targeted for users in the age group of 7-18. The new service offers three super lines at only 30 fils per minute throughout the day or night and includes no monthly subscription fee.

To subscribe to the WAP magazine customers need to send a SMS to 92229 with the message SUB ZLINE and the subscriber will get the magazine by default once a week. Browsing through the magazine costs only 3 fils per kilobyte, subscribers can avail the free ringtones after every recharge of JD 5 and above.

“We look forward to a mutually beneficial partnership with Fastlink, and we are confident that all its customers will benefit from our constant innovation and emphasis on offering the latest value added mobile services,” concluded Dahabra.


 

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