{"id":39,"date":"2005-10-16T03:27:56","date_gmt":"2005-10-15T23:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forzaq8.net\/archives\/2005\/03\/27\/39\/"},"modified":"2005-10-16T03:28:12","modified_gmt":"2005-10-15T23:28:12","slug":"39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.forzaq8.net\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"importing technology without rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed something that\u2019s always done in Kuwait and most of Arabic countries, we go out and Import technology and do not get the laws that cover that technology in the courtiers that used it before it<\/p>\n<p>For example mobile phone, USA have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donotcall.gov\/default.aspx\">do not call list<\/a> , and what do we have in Kuwait? Companies that sell<br \/>\nOur mobile numbers so we get message after message of ads from companies that you never dealt with<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kuwiki.org\/index.php?title=Midas\">Midas<\/a>  ? Never bought from them or registered with them, why did I get 7 sms message that they have discount?<br \/>\nNot to mention people who call you and ask for your name then tell you win a trip to Bahrain or a dinner for five people but you have to listen to a timeshare rip off thing <\/p>\n<p>I got this in my e-mail few days ago, my god how would anyone get something without getting it from the main source, the company itself<\/p>\n<p><code><html><br \/>\n<body><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<center><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse\" bordercolor=\"#111111\" width=\"575\" id=\"AutoNumber1\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse\" bordercolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"100%\" id=\"AutoNumber2\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#333399\" height=\"40\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<b><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"5\">Start Your own SMS Marketing<br \/>\nToday<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"54%\">\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">Are you planning to<br \/>\nexpand your operations and attract potential customers? If yes, then<br \/>\nSMS marketing is highly personalized, interactive and has an immediate<br \/>\nimpact.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">You need not to pay a<br \/>\ncompany to run your SMS marketing campaign, when you can do it<br \/>\nyourself with our comprehensive database.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"46%\" valign=\"top\">\n<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse\" bordercolor=\"#111111\" width=\"100%\" id=\"AutoNumber3\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"180\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"94%\" bgcolor=\"#E6F5FF\" height=\"164\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#FF0000\">&nbsp;<br \/>\n5<br \/>\ngood reasons to use SMS Marketing<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><b>&nbsp; 1.<\/b> Response<br \/>\nrates of over 10% <br \/>\n<b>&nbsp; 2.<\/b> Recall rates of over 75% <br \/>\n<b>&nbsp; 3.<\/b> Stronger ROI case than other media <br \/>\n<b>&nbsp; 4.<\/b> Better than traditional advertising <br \/>\n<b>&nbsp; 5.<\/b> Requires minimal efforts<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"172\">\n&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\" colspan=\"2\">\n<blockquote><p>\n<font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">We have<br \/>\nfully customized mobile Contacts of entire <\/font><font color=\"#000080\"><b><br \/>\nUnited Arab Emirates.<\/b><\/font> You can use them for <b>SMS<\/b> as<br \/>\nwell as <b>Tele-marketing<\/b> campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">The break down of the records is as<br \/>\nfollow:<\/font><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse\" bordercolor=\"#A3A3A3\" width=\"90%\" id=\"AutoNumber4\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"29%\" bgcolor=\"#000075\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#FFFFFF\"><br \/>\nCity<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"28%\" bgcolor=\"#000075\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#FFFFFF\"><br \/>\nRecords<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"22%\" bgcolor=\"#000075\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#FFFFFF\"><br \/>\nUAE Dirham<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"21%\" bgcolor=\"#000075\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#FFFFFF\"><br \/>\nUS $<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"29%\" bgcolor=\"#F4FBFF\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">Abu<br \/>\nDhabi<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"28%\" bgcolor=\"#F4FBFF\" align=\"right\">\n<p align=\"right\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">48,102<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"22%\" bgcolor=\"#F4FBFF\" align=\"right\">\n<font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">600<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"21%\" bgcolor=\"#F4FBFF\">\n<p align=\"right\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">163<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"29%\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">Dubai<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"28%\" align=\"right\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">133,862<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"22%\" align=\"right\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">1,400<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"21%\">\n<p align=\"right\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">380<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"29%\" bgcolor=\"#F4FBFF\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">Ras<br \/>\nAl Khaimah<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"28%\" bgcolor=\"#F4FBFF\" align=\"right\">\n<font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">28,985<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"22%\" bgcolor=\"#F4FBFF\" align=\"right\">\n<font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">450<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"21%\" bgcolor=\"#F4FBFF\">\n<p align=\"right\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">122<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"29%\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">Sharjah<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"28%\" align=\"right\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">38,865<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"22%\" align=\"right\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">500<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"21%\">\n<p align=\"right\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">136<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"29%\" bgcolor=\"#F4FBFF\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\nAjman<br \/>\nAl Ain<br \/>\nFujairah <br \/>\nUmm Al Quwain<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"28%\" bgcolor=\"#F4FBFF\" align=\"right\">\n<font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">8,954<br \/>\n12,683<br \/>\n16,947<br \/>\n4,152<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"22%\" bgcolor=\"#F4FBFF\" align=\"right\">\n<font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">400<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"21%\" bgcolor=\"#F4FBFF\">\n<p align=\"right\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">108<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"29%\"><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">Total UAE Records<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"28%\" align=\"right\"><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n292,550<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"22%\" align=\"right\"><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">2,500<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"21%\">\n<p align=\"right\"><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">680<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><font color=\"#FF0000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><b>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe list is<br \/>\navailable in MS EXCEL format.<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Each contact has following fields:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b>::&nbsp; <\/b>Name of the person<br \/>\n<b>::&nbsp; <\/b>P.O. Box <br \/>\n<b>::&nbsp; <\/b>City <br \/>\n<b>::&nbsp; <\/b>Mobile Number<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">It is a perfect source for your mobile<br \/>\nmarketing needs!<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p>of course i did remove the company name and e-mail  , i do not want to advertise for them also<br \/>\nI got others mails , like last week i got one from a company that claim they have numbers for kuwait and other gulf countries <\/p>\n<p>There should be laws that stop this kind of thing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed something that\u2019s always done in Kuwait and most of Arabic countries, we go out and Import technology and do not get the laws that cover that technology in the courtiers that used it before it For example mobile phone, USA have do not call list , and what do we have in Kuwait? &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forzaq8.net\/?p=39\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">importing technology without rights<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.forzaq8.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.forzaq8.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.forzaq8.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.forzaq8.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.forzaq8.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.forzaq8.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.forzaq8.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.forzaq8.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.forzaq8.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}