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Mountasser Hachem CEO of Monty Mobile Featured on Forbes Middle East

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Mountasser Hachem, Monty Mobile’s CEO shares his vision for the company and the new investments planned with the operators as the company plans to take big strides in the telecom industry . Mountasser Hachem CEO of Monty Mobile Featured on Forbes Middle East   How would you describe Monty Mobile’s growth to be since its inception? What are some of the milestones you achieved since then? As a member of Monty Holding Group, Monty Mobile has come a long way since its establishment in 1998. As a GSMA Certified Open Connectivity SMS Hub and Roaming Broker, we have slowly expanded our services and quality of work and we are currently working closely with worldwide mobile operators in order to facilitate the international flow of data, SMS and voice across global markets in addition to roaming, VAS and other telecom services. We are very proud of our achievements as we are currently able to compete with big companies that have been established long before us, w...

VAS for Next Generation Networks!

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Business has changed forever and now it’s all about customer experience, relationships and personalization thus the increased need for Value Added Services (VAS).  Mobile operators have been facing profitability squeeze since the past few years, and some of the business challenges faced can be illustrated as follows:  1. Development of traditional services   2. Stagnant growth due to market maturity and/or saturation   3. Revenue decrease  There comes a point when telcos will need to generate different sources of income – and that time is now with VAS !  But how will the market play out? And where will the VAS (Value Added Services) ultimately go? We can’t actually guarantee this!  Many MNOs have benefited from joining forces with Over-The-Top (OTT) service providers – such as Netflix– and are offering their consumer free of charge data. Others, have chosen emerging technologies such as mobile banking, smart hom...