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Alfa Partners Exclusively with Anghami to Launch First $1 Music Bundle in the World

Alfa, the Lebanese mobile network owned by the Republic of Lebanon and managed by Orascom Telecom Media and Technology, announces its exclusive partnership with Anghami, the number one legal music service in the MENA with 4 million+ downloads. The two partners teamed up to offer Alfa Anghami, a first-of-its-kind music bundle that allows Alfa subscribers to listen and download songs on the go.

The Alfa Anghami bundle is available in two plans:

·  For $1 only per month, users can stream millions of songs, download up to 20 songs, listen to songs offline, and enjoy 150MB of 3G data dedicated to Anghami

·  For $3.99 per month, users can get keep unlimited songs offline and enjoy 750M of 3G data dedicated to Anghami

Eddy Maroun, Anghami CEO and co-founder commented on the partnership, saying: “The new $1 is a first in the Middle East and most of the world, combining music and 3G data at this price. We believe Alfa to be a great launch partner for this industry-disrupting plan.”

“Our partnership brings us closer to our company mission, allowing customer to carry their music library wherever they go and enjoy listening to their favorite music for a minimal fee. An integrated 3G data plan is a big plus for our users who can stream music worry free of extra costs. Clearly, such plans allow our operator partners to differentiate their services and increase customer satisfaction,” added Elie Habib, Anghami co-founder and CTO.

For more information on the Alfa Anghami plan, customers based in Lebanon can either call 1454 or dial *111# and follow the steps.

Vizury Is the First Asian Company to Become FBX Qualified

Vizury announced this month that is now a qualified company with Facebook Exchange (FBX), making it one of the 26 FBX Qualified Companies in the world.  (http://www.facebook-pmdcenter.com/category/fbx)

Facebook Exchange (FBX) is Facebook's real-time bidding (RTB) system. FBX qualified companies have competently demonstrated that they have the technology to participate in the FBX environment and the ability to run campaigns on Facebook Exchange at scale.

Vizury integrated with FBX during November last year and since then it has been successfully running campaigns at scale on FBX’s global ad inventory for its clients across India, Australia, China, Japan, Middle East, South East Asia and Latin America. Post its inclusion on the FBX Qualified Companies list, Vizury will also have access to the global News Feed ad inventory on Facebook.

Chetan Kulkarni, CEO at Vizury adds “This is exciting news for us and we hope to add greater value to our global clients through our expanded access to FBX inventory”.