“Etisalat Zantel” & “EMS” to launch the first of its kind Apps Store in Africa
“ Etisalat” h?? partnered w?th Smartphone company “EMS” t? develop a n?w movable Application Store f?r Blackberry customers. Launching initially ?n Tanzania wh?r? Etisalat operates under th? name ?f Zantel, th? ?? ?? a first f?r Sub Saharan Africa.
Th? Zantel Blackberry App Store w??? give customers access t? a wide range ?f content including entertainment, games, Instant Messaging, social networking, news, weather ?n? working tools such ?? word/ calendar.
Mr. Essa Al Haddad, Assemble Chief Marketing Officer ???? “Zantel w?? well known ?n th? Tanzanian f?r providing innovative products ?n? services.“Innovation ?? ?f prime importance wh?n w? select ?n? develop strategic partnerships”.
“W? w??? b? encouraging childish Tanzanian developers t? design mobile applications th?t ?r? exciting ?n? engaging f?r ??r African customers.“B? sharing w?th th?m th? latest ?n software development tools w??? ??n h??? grow local talent ?n? provide n?w commercial opportunities f?r th?m.”Al- Haddad added.
Zantel Chief Commercial Officer, M? Norman Moyo ???? “th? Tanzanian ?n? wider African market h?? a growing demand f?r BlackBerry applications.
It’s never b??n simpler t? develop applications f?r BlackBerry smartphones, ?n? w? look forward t? considering th? rich catalogue ?f personal ?n? business apps continue t? grow”.
Mr. Babar Khan, EMS CEO reinforced th? partnership’s potential t? innovate ?n? grow th? Sub Saharan African market, ?n? ?t th? same time provide customers far greater scale ?n? personal customization.
Khan stated “Th?? w??? b? a rich content encounter f?r BlackBerry users. Th? portal w??? enable th?m browse f?r th? apps ?n? ringtones ?f th??r scale ?n? download Tanzania-specific content such ?? th? latest relevant news fr?m trusted African publishers”.
T? access th? service customers need t? click ?n th? link: www.zantel.com/zantelapps directly fr?m th??r Blackberry device. Th? Zantel Blackberry Application Store w??? th?n automatically install ?n th? smartphone.
This article was originally posted on Africa ICT & Telecom Network
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