Info2cell, the leading mobile application service provider in the Middle East, will provide a comprehensive coverage to the 18th Gulf Cup Championships by sending out the latest news and event-related information to its regional subscribers through SMS and MMS.
Info2cell has linked up with the Associated Press (AP), one of the world’s leading news agencies, to realize the project. AP will provide the latest updates that will be sent out to the subscribers through over 15 mobile operators who are directly connected with Info2cell through its central platform.
Info2cell subscribers will also receive high-quality pictures through MMS, match summary reports, match schedules and game analyses. There will be also a specialized site that will provide questions regarding the games, info2cell will provide a voting service where subscribers and third party can send in their sentiments and answers about the various events of the Gulf Cup through SMS.
Underscoring the company’s thrust to provide the best service to its clients, Bashar Dahabra, founder and CEO of Info2cell, said, “The company is fully committed to bring to its subscribers high-quality, innovative and timely content. To achieve this, Info2cell is taking advantage of its vast experience, expertise and inventiveness, which will help us keep pace with the constantly evolving consumer preferences.”
Located at the Dubai Internet City, Info2cell’s central platform has the capacity to interconnect up to 50 mobile operators and support up to 100 million subscribers, who enjoy Info2cell’s numerous services, including coverage of important sporting events such as the 18th Gulf Cup.
With its experience in providing news alerts in previous large-scale events such as the World Cup in 2002 and 2004 and 2006, Info2cell is confident it will satisfy the hunger of its sports-craze subscribers, especially those who will not be able to watch the competitions live.
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 dahabra@info2cell.com or phone +971 4 3912800 or fax +971 4 3912822
