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OTVentures a new company of Orascom Telecom,
Hanan Abdel Meguid designated as its CEO
OTVentures a new addition to the Orascom Telecom companies aiming to lead the digital world in Online and Mobile.
OTVentures will be the proud holding company of the following companies: Arab Finance, ARPU Plus, Connect Ads, Link Data Center, Link Development and Link Online. Hanan Abdel Meguid changed roles and is the designated CEO leading the newly founded OTVentures.
As a fully owned Orascom Telecom Subsidiary, OTVentures, with its 700 team members operating across over 17 countries, will be in charge of moving fast to grow innovation in our markets and in close partnership with all the other subsidiaries of the group.
Khaled Bichara CEO Orascom Telecom stated: “I am personally very proud of this upcoming challenge and I consider OTVentures to be the driving force and the tool for better serving our clients in diversified fields, offering greater value added services under a stronger integrated fast growing company”
Karim Beshara, CEO of LINKdotNET, said: “LINKdotNET, the leading privately owned internet service provider, will benefit from the opportunity to further enhance its position as a leader in product innovation and customer service. Most importantly, Mobinil and LINK will be better positioned to accelerate investment in new technologies and new services, and more agile in taking up new market opportunities”.
OTVentures companies are already leading players in their own domains across North Africa, Middle East and Europe. ARPU+ is a leader in providing Mobile Value Added Services, Connect Ads a leading digital advertising agency, LINKonLINE a leader in Online content with sites like Masraway.com and YallaKora.com and others, Link Development a leader in Software Development, Link Data Center a leader in hosting services and Arab Finance is a leader in online financial services. The synergy and focus of these leading players signals to the digital world that the Big just got bigger.
OTVentures focus will continue to drive exciting services aiming to enrich Arabic content, Online Cloud Services and Mobile Applications for both users and businesses.
“I am very confident that OTVentures focus will continue to nurture its companies as leaders in their own domains” Stated Karim Beshara, CEO of LINKdotNET “And there is nothing better than knowing that someone you really trust, and confined in such as Hanan Abdel Meguid who has always been an integral part in the evolution of our business, becomes appointed as the CEO of this new born Star”
Hanan A. Meguid, CEO of OTVentures stated: “I am enormously proud to be part of this, proud to say to each one of you that OTVentures is the lab for innovation that would use its unique culture of passion for technology, amazing team work, excellence and innovation to build a new wave of success and prove to the world that with our local hands and expertise we will define the digital future of our country and region..”
LINKdotNET has reached a maturity level on both the ISP (internet service provider) level and the Digital expansion level, leading to the creation of OTVentures coinciding with the independence of the ISP business (being acquired by Mobinil on Sunday 4th July).
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About LINKdotNET:
LINKdotNET, the leading Internet Service and Solutions Provider, is a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom Holding Company, the largest integrated telecommunications services provider in the region.
LINKdotNET has regional offices in Dubai, UAE; Riyadh, KSA; Qatar; Algeria; and Islamabad, Pakistan. The company employs more than 1400 consultants, web developers and support staff in Egypt and the Region to deliver world class Internet and e-solutions to its users and clients.
The company has won several awards and earned a variety of certifications in Internet-related fields. LINKdotNET is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Integrated E-Business Solutions, Microsoft Business Solutions, Custom Development Solutions, Information Worker Solutions and Advanced Infrastructure Solutions. LINKdotNET is also ISO 9001:2001 and CMMI level 3 certified.
LINKdotNET also won the award of the best internet service provider in the Middle East and North Africa.
LINKdotNET is, in brief, the Region’s powerhouse that provides, maintains, develops and promotes Internet solutions and services.
For further information please visit our website at www.link.net
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