IceWarp, a global messaging and collaboration solutions provider has announced its partnership with Kalaam Telecom, a leading solutions provider for businesses across GCC and international markets. This venture will allow the company to further expand into the Middle East market.
IceWarp currently has more than 50 million users on their Cloud platform and have launched 5 clusters worldwide with Bahrain being the new 6th hub for the Middle East Market. The tie-up aims to provide an alternative email and collaboration solution to the multi-fold user experience which is cost-effective with data privacy and unparalleled security for organizations. Customers working with Kalaam can customize their messaging and collaboration requirements by leveraging its deep experience in seamless migration, implementation, and local support.
The Bahrain Economic Development Board, the Kingdom’s investment promotion agency is also supporting this initiative of IceWarp partnering with Kalaam Telecom.
Pramod Sharda – CEO, IceWarp India & Middle East commented, “In the past few years, the cumulative growth of our clientele has been a constant reminder of moving close to our vision. The trust from our customers has given us a reason to upscale our infrastructure.”
“With our recent collaboration with Kalaam Telecom, we are aiming to penetrate deeper into the Middle East market. Kalaam’s rich experience in handling both small and medium business customers, as well as large corporations, will further help build confidence within customers to choose a cost-effective and robust Messaging and Collaboration partner for all their Unified Communications requirements.” added Sharda.
Speaking on the collaboration, Veer Passi – CEO, Kalaam Telecom added, “We are glad to announce this partnership with IceWarp, who have been very successful in the other markets and now have identified Bahrain as its 6th hub towards expanding into the Middle East Market. Hosting IceWarp Cloud Cluster at Kalaam’s state-of-art carrier-neutral datacentre will allow Kalaam Customers locally as well as regionally to opt for industry-grade email and collaboration services at a very cost-effective rate and according to their organisation’s needs”.
Dr. Simon Galpin – Sr. Advisor, Investment Promotion, Bahrain EDB said “This exciting partnership is exactly the sort of venture the EDB seeks to support – it creates jobs for Bahrainis catalyzes growth for the companies involved and contribute to Bahrain’s rapidly maturing ecosystem. Hot on the heels of the AWS Middle East Region launch and the nationwide rollout of commercial 5G, the IceWarp-Kalaam partnership is just the latest example of what makes our ICT sector one of the regions most advanced.”
