Dubai: Offline Mobile Business Directory LLC (OMBD) yesterday announced the launch of their business directory app for Dubai dubbed ‘Call UAE’.
‘Call UAE’ is a cross-platform, free to download, offline business directory mobile application that allows its users to search for listed businesses. The offline feature of the application is patented in 142 countries, according to Aboobacker A. Kodath, managing director of OMBD.
The company uses US-based servers and locally published directories to make the service available to customers using mobile devices with Apple, Android, Blackberry and Windows operating systems.
The company estimates ‘Call UAE’ will earn an estimated Dh25 million in revenue in the next year from advertisements placed within the application. Advertising rates for the application run up to Dh25,000 for a one-year banner ad. The apps contains more than 400,000 listings in the UAE in more than 5,000 categories, the company said.
JCIS previously launched an offline business directory application Call Kerala in India in 2012. OMBD announced further plans of expansion in the GCC region, with a similar ‘Call Doha’ application expected to launch in Qatar in 6 months.
The application was developed in collaboration with India-based Just Call Infoservices (JCIS).
— Mehvash Khan is an intern with Gulf News
