Info2cell.com, the leading Mobile Application Service Provider in the Middle East, has joined hands with Turner Broadcasting System to deliver content services from Cartoon Network to the growing number of young mobile subscribers across the Arab world.
Info2cell.com will provide subscribers with Java games, wallpapers, themes and ringtones from cartoon Network. Info2cell.com will leverage its WASP platform, which is interconnected to 27 mobile operators in the Middle East, to ensure that Cartoon Network services are available to subscribers throughout the region, including in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Syria Yemen and Iraq.
“Cartoon Network’s Java games and wallpapers are extremely popular all over the world, and Info2cell.com is delighted to bring these unique offerings to the youth in the Middle East. With this partnership, we further demonstrate our commitment to build alliances with leading content providers to introduce innovative mobile content services for all sections of society,” said Bashar Dahabra, Founder and CEO, Info2cell.com. “We expect Cartoon Network’s content offerings to be an instant hit with mobile subscribers in the Arab world, especially amongst the tech-savvy youth who constitute a fair percentage of the region’s population.”
Dima Boulos, Director, Affiliate Relations for Turner Broadcasting, said, “Turner is committed to extending the reach of our content distribution in MENA and we are delighted to have secured a deal with Info2cell.com that will expand the availability of our entertainment mobile services. Cartoon Network fans in the region will now be able to access a whole range of games from this online portal, expanding the availability of the brand to mobile users in the Middle East.”
Info2cell.com offers the most advanced mobile messaging technology to enable content providers to deliver messages and data to mobile phones, including SMS, MMS, WAP, IVR, video, ringtones, picture messaging, animations and Java games. Info2cell.com’s WASP platform provides potential access to over 25 million mobile phone subscribers in the Middle East and Africa region.
“Info2cell.com recognizes the importance of providing sophisticated mobile content services addressed to specific customer segments. Through our strategic alliances with mobile operators and content providers, we constantly seek to expand our market reach and provide value-added services to our customers,” Dahabra concluded.
About Cartoon Network Mobile TV:
A 115 minutes block has been scheduled on different Cartoon Network feeds. The block is down-linked by the operator/ aggregator, digitised into a compatible format and then pushed out onto the operator network. The content is looped throughout the day to create a 24 hour channel and refreshed daily. The content compromise of CNO shows only.
Cartoon Network Mobile TV is currently available in the UK on Vodafone, Sky by Mobile, Orange, 3 and ROK TV. In the rest of Europe it’s available on, 3 Italy TMN Portugal and Vodafone Ireland.
There are 17 Cartoon Network Java games available on 70 operators throughout EMEA. The current titles can be found in the attached PowerPoint document.
The games are compatible with Java enabled handsets and are created by Glu mobile. There are approximately 180 wallpapers and 12 ringtones compatible with WAP, Java and imode phones.
For more information please contact:
Danielle Woods, PR Coordinator – Pan & CEE
Email: Danielle.Woods@turner.com / Tel: +44 (0) 20 7693 0787
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.
