STAR is a mobile messaging service provider in the Middle East, offering powerful SMS functionality to operators, enterprises, aggregators, ISPs and message resellers. Through partnerships with mobile operators, the company has unique, multiple points of access into the deep level mobile telecom network, enabling it to offer a new level of quality in messaging services. STAR offers a range of services that leverage its network access including outsourced operator messaging services, wholesale SMS and enterprise SMS. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Qatar with offices in Egypt and Lebanon. STAR works with a wide range of mobile operators and major global businesses. In 2005,STAR opened a Software Development Department in Egypt to develop Application in-house, but later it developed and started producing commercial high quality software.