The Jordanian Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Engineer Omar Ashraf Al Kurdi visited the Amman offices of Infocell.com, the region’s leading wireless information service provider, as part of a nation-wide tour of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies operating in Jordan, earlier this week.
Engineer Al Kurdi said: “This visit comes as part of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology’s focus on enhancing its partnership with the ICT private sector, which is crucial to the industry’s growth and development. He also expressed his “pride in our workforce that proved key to the remarkable success of Jordanian companies in penetrating regional and international markets”
Earlier welcoming the minister, Bashar Dahabra, Founder and CEO, Info2cell.com said: “We are honoured to host Eng Al Kurdi. This visit shows the government’s commitment to strengthening private sector ICT companies as part of its vision to establish Jordan as the regional ICT leader and an internationally recognised exporter of ICT products and services. Info2cell has been a significant partner in the country’s technological development and will continue to offer innovative and cost-efficient services to Jordan’s expanding base of mobile consumers.”
Dahabra escorted Eng Al Kurdi around the company premises and acquainted him with the various services Info2cell offers to mobile networks in the Middle East and North Africa region. Dahabra also discussed with the minister, Info2cell’s future prospects and plans for venturing into media production and the creation of channels through emergent media such as Satellite TV, Radio and IP TV.
Founded in 1998, Info2cell is the region’s first wireless information provider supplying premium content in over 250 categories, most notable of which are its Breaking News, Ringtones and Mobile Games services. Today, Info2cell.com covers more than 65 million of the Arab world’s 85 million mobile subscribers, providing interconnectivity to 28 mobile operators in the region and delivering content through a diverse bouquet of SMS, MMS, WAP, Web, On Phone, Kiosk, USSD and STK channels.
The ministerial visit ended with Eng Al Kurdi posing for a group photo with heads of the company’s various departments.
About Info2cell.com
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
