With the increase in the number of smartphones in Jordan and the allocated budgets set aside for online ads, Jordanians expect a rise in online advertising. Many experts believe more companies and users will resort to online advertising in the coming few years.

Google and the Jordanian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, today announced a strategic agreement of $10m through which Google will support Jordanian organizations efforts to promote their products and services using Google's advertising platforms, while reinvesting $2.5m in the local ICT sector.

HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan inaugurated today The 7th Annual Media and Telecommunications Convergence Conference taking place in Amman at the Four Seasons Hotel. The massive two-day conference brings together top regional and global media and telecoms industry executives. 

Rapid TV News reports that the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat), is in its final stages of preparations to launch two new satellites. According to Abdul Menem Yousef, representative of the Lebanese minister of telecommunications, despite the global financial crisis, Arabsat's operational revenues amounted to US$190m last year, a 21% increase over the previous year. Arabsat’s net profit stood at US$91m last year, a 198% increase from 2008.