Info2cell.com, the leading Mobile Application Service Provider in the Middle East, announced its participation in the GSM 3G North Africa, the region's premier mobile industry event, being held from 8-9 November 2006 in Tunisia.
“As the flagship event for the North African mobile industry, the GSM 3G Exhibition serves the dual purpose of bringing into focus emerging trends in mobile communication and presents us opportunity to showcase innovative technologies and services,” said Bashar Dahabra, Founder and CEO, Info2cell.com.
Info2cell.com will highlight a wide range of services including its news alerts via SMS and MMS, its state of the art mobile value-added services, GPRS, GSM and Edge services as well as its interactive mobile services for TV channels.
GSM 3G North Africa will feature a diverse range of key speakers including seasoned industry executives and government officials. This year's speaker line up includes representatives from Tunisie Télécom, Algeria’s Djezzy, Tunisiana, NTRA from Egypt and the Regulatory Affairs of GSM Association.
“GSM 3G North Africa is an ideal platform to explore the many opportunities afforded by the North African telecom market, which is among the fastest growing regions as far as mobile penetration is concerned. Mobile phone subscriptions already outnumber fixed lines. Info2cell is determined to consolidate its position as a frontline player in mobile content provision, and participating in events like 3GSM North Africa will help us achieve our strategic objectives,” he added.
Info2cell.com has been leading the way in the Middle East and North African market by forming strategic partnerships with several leading regional and international content providers such as Al Arabiya, BBC, CNN, and AME Info. The content provider offers advanced mobile messaging technology to deliver SMS, MMS, WAP, IVR, video, ring-tones, picture messaging, animations and Java games to mobile devices.
According to recent research, the number of mobile subscribers in African countries is estimated to be one ninth of the continent's total population of 900 million. Info2cell.com will look to provide mobile value added services by targeted diversification - both in terms of content and service offering.
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
