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Bashar Dahabra

Bashar was the chief architect and founder for the concept of a regional wireless portal service in the Middle East. Having observed and studied the convergence of the Internet and wireless technologies in the mid 90’s, he developed the info2cell concept in late 1998.

As founder and 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. Acotel acquired Info2cell early in 2003 and interconnected his company with 18 regional operators such as MTC-Kuwait, Fastlink-Jordan, MobiNil-Egypt, Batelco-Bahrain, Etisalat-UAE, Qtel-Qatar, Jawwal-Palestine and Oman Mobile with 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. He 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 such as Unitech, Unisat, First Telecommunication Group, Magnet in Jordan as well as Gulf Soft in Bahrain, among others in the region.

Mr. Dahabra holds a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Edinburgh University. He is a member of a number of professional associations including IEEE, Jordan Computer Society, and Canadian Engineering Society.