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For Immediate Release
Sunday, January 7, 2000 |
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ARABIC INTERNET SERVICE TAKES COMMANDING LEAD
Maktoob.com notches up magic to close to a million mark in
membership presenting the leading Arab online community
Dubai: Maktoob.com, the leading Arabic online community,
announced yesterday that the number of its registered members is
now close to a million members overwhelmingly confirming its
status as the foremost Arabic Internet service in the world.
“It only confirms the fact that we have achieved our goal of
successfully creating a web service that Arabs can call their own.”
pointed out Marwan Ibrahim, Marketing Manager of Maktoob.
The groundbreaking Internet service (www.maktoob.com) has become a
landmark development for the Arab world, emphasizing the region’s
growing importance as a key international IT player. Since its
launch two years ago, Maktoob.com has played a crucial role in
uniting Arabs from all over the world by providing sophisticated
and reliable web-based communications and community tools,
including the Arab world’s first free bilingual Web-based email
service.
Ibrahim said that one reason for Maktoob.com’s growing popularity
in the Arab world and its success in creating the largest virtual
Arab community was the service’s ability to allow users to send
and receive Arabic email even with an English operating system. At
the same time, the ease of registration and operation help
first-time email users to understand the advantages of quicker
communication.
Maktoob notches up the magic to close to a million mark in
memberships presenting the leading Arab online community
Ibrahim added that Maktoob.com would support the rising number of
memberships by employing latest Internet technologies. “We are
constantly exploring ways of enhancing our operations to ensure a
trouble-free service,” he said. “In the coming weeks,
Maktoob.com will launch a whole new range of exciting concepts
that will make us even more popular with our members.”
The free membership to the Maktoob site opens a world of exclusive
benefits that are not available on any other website. These
include a comprehensive WAP facility for email, a sophisticated
Anti-Virus Auto-Scan solution for both incoming and outgoing email
messages, and Instant Messaging.
Maktoob.com is the first Arabic / English web-based email
solutions provider and leading virtual community for Arabs
worldwide. Launched in October 1998, Maktoob.com gained instant
success among Arabs around the world. Besides the free email
service, the company offers a range of interactive web-based
facilities including Instant Messaging, Live Internet Radio
Station, Voicemail, a comprehensive business directory, Arabic
music, chat, electronic greeting cards and information services.
For more details, please contact,
Edward D’Mello
Headline Public Relations
Tel: 009714 – 3475006; Fax: 009714 – 3475013
e-mail:
edward@headlinepr.com
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