Agence France-Presse will add mobile phone information services in Arabic, German and Portuguese in 2009 as it seeks to further boost revenues from the key new sector, agency chairman Pierre Louette, pictured here in June 2008, said.

Agence France-Presse will add mobile phone information services in Arabic, German and Portuguese in 2009 as it seeks to further boost revenues from the key new sector, agency chairman Pierre Louette said.

"Turnover in the mobile sector has doubled in 24 months," Louette said. "Our aim is to provide services associated with our content" so the agency can generate new revenues, he told a press conference Thursday.

AFP proposes a specialised news journal for mobile phones, text alerts and multimedia downloads. These already exist in English, Spanish and French and the new languages will be added early next year, Louette said.

"We have more than 70 clients around the world for our mobile services: integrators, mobile content editors and operators, mainly in Asia, the Middle East and France," said AFP business development officer Otman Meriche.

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