'We're looking to launch some top properties in the next couple of months.'
'Messenger and mail will be launched in 2011 in Arabic,' said Mr Nassef. New Arabic-language e-mail and messenger products are due to be launched this year, said Ahmed Nassef, the vice president and managing director of Yahoo Middle East. The current email address will be gradually phased out, with 'tens of thousands' of users asked to use an address ender instead. The web service has been gradually moving its services to be in line with those of the US web giant Yahoo, which purchased the Arabic portal Maktoob for US$164 million (Dh602.37m) in 2009.
Tens of thousands of internet users will need to change their e-mail addresses under plans by Yahoo Maktoob to launch an Arabic-language e-mail service.
