American telecommunications company Connect Card is looking to improve on communications in the Middle East in the post-revolution atmosphere through a new calling service that will enable calls to take place for “only pennies on the dollar”, the company said in a press statement on Monday.
The move comes in light of the suspension of Internet and telecom services in Egypt in late January that left Egypt blacked out from the rest of the world. Connect Card said it was one of the lone operators to maintain a stable connection during the time, “continuing service with uninterrupted calling ability.”
It added that it hopes to build on that success that allowed “direct access to Egypt’s telecom communication for US callers reaching Egypt despite ordinances that disabled the majority of Egypt’s Internet and cell phone companies.”
It said that efforts to bolster its services are part of initiatives to maintain line and mobile coverage with “premium quality” during any periods of fluctuation or blackout.
Connect Card hopes to encourage communications between North America and “revolutionary countries” in the North Africa region, the company’s CEO and founder Robert Davari said in a statement.
“We at Connect Card feel blessed to live in a country where we are allowed such freedoms as expression of voice; it is disheartening to see that the very same exercise can be so devastatingly consequential elsewhere. To be in a position to offer the families of those in the midst of the revolution a clear voice and cheap rates to contact their loved ones abroad is a contribution we’re eager to make,” said Davari.
By Desmond Shephard
