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November 11, 2013
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Islamic SIM to be showcased in AfricaIslamic SIM to be showcased in Africa ⇒⇒
A new SIM-based application designed to offer a range of functions to users of even
lower end feature phones will be showcased at Africa Com in Cape Town next week.
The Islamic SIM Service (ISS), designed by Greek electrical engineer Yiannis
Hatzopoulis, enables users to track the direction of the Kaa’bah, receive accurate prayer
timing, convert dates between Gregorian and Arabic calendars and automatically ban
incoming calls during prayer time.
The SIM will be showcased at Africa Com in Cape Town from 12 – 14 November.
Hatzopoulis says the Islamic SIM Service is currently under scrutiny by mobile operators
in several countries, but that it would be premature to speculate on its distribution in
Africa.
He says the ISS came about after he noted the success of LG’s Islamic phones in 2009,
and saw a gap in the market for good Islamic services running on generic feature
phones. He says: “I realised that I could pack most of the functions of an Islamic phone
inside a SIM card, to turn any casual feature phone into an Islamic phone, simply
through the swap of its SIM card.”
He says he elected to release the functionality in a GSM SIM rather than a smartphone
app, because around a billion GSM feature phones are in use in Asia and Africa, due to
their low prices, long battery lives and ease of use.
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