(Amman, 17th August, 2011) The information and Communications Technology Association of Jordan-int@j, conducted Ramadan Iftar for its member companies on the 17th of August 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Amman Hotel. The event was sponsored by Google, Orange, Umniah and DamaMax and attended by more than 170 ICT member companies, in addition to representatives from the public and private sector and partners.
The Iftar we preceded by Google launching the Insights MENA Portal, an online tool of comprehensive research on the media habits of consumers in the Middle East and North Africa and can be accessed at http://www.insightsmena.com.  Insights MENA provides key statistics in Arabic, French and English on consumer behaviors, including media usage, internet usage, mobile usage, activities, e-commerce and online attitudes. The information can be filtered by gender, age, and country to allow for better targeted results. 
In Addition, Mr. Abed Shamlawi, CEO of int@j presented the associations achievements in the recent months and followed with an open discussion between public and private sector representatives on improving the sector. During the discussion, the following topics were highlighted; partnership between the private and public sector, improving and increasing local exports in addition to investments in the ICT sector to build local, regional and international partnerships. 
The Information and Communications Technology Association of Jordan is an ICT and ICTES industry-support association founded in 2000 with the aim of improving the dynamics of Jordan's ICT & ICTES markets and developing the Kingdom's ICT & ICTES related activities, and includes more than 210 local and global companies working in IT, Telecom, and IT enabled services (Outsourcing).
Since its establishment, Int@j has been exerting a high effort level aiming at advancing the Jordanian ICT & ICTES sector. Int@j has been looking for various partnerships with different institutions on the local, regional and international levels aiming at creating better ICT and ICTES industry in Jordan, increasing the awareness of ICT and ICTES services and products and stressing on the benefits of integrating ICT and ICTES in other sectors.