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SLA Digital brings direct carrier billing to Middle Eastern video streaming service

ICFLIX, an internet streaming service serving the Middle East and North Africa, is partnering with SLA Digital to deliver direct carrier billing to more customers in the Middle East, according to a press release. 

Founded in 2013, ICFLIX is a streaming and VoD platform that provides customers access to the best of Jazwood (Arabic), Hollywood and Bollywood content, including the largest library of Arabic movies and TV shows available online alongside kids entertainment and documentaries. 

ICFLIX said the agreement with SLA Digital will enable both prepaid and post-paid users the ability to subscribe and access the company's library of content for a monthly, weekly or daily fee depending on the user's preference. The transaction is added to the customer's phone bill or deducted from their prepaid credit. 

"Our partnership with ICFLIX strengthens our content offering to mobile operators in the Middle East and Asia," Ashley O'Kane, corporate communications manager at SLA Digital, said in a statement. "We are delighted to partner with such an innovative provider of streaming and VoD content and look forward to developing our relationship with ICFLIX via Direct Operator Billing."