Fast Search & Transfer ASA (FAST) today announced that Ayna Corporation, a provider of search services for the Arabic speaking people of the Middle East and North Africa, signed an agreement to deploy FAST ESP.

Ayna.com, which is based in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, and with sales offices in United Arab Emirates, attracts one of the largest and most active Arabic communities to its ayna.com portal. Ayna maintains one of the largest Arabic language Internet Directories, a comprehensive Arabic search engine with up-to-date news feeds, a multilingual email gateway, in addition to a variety of other internet services. Ayna has over 1,700,000 registered users and serves over 25 million pages per month. Approximately 50% of Ayna`s activity is generated by non-registered visitors seeking search services.

The FAST agreement with Ayna.com is based on software license, maintenance fees, and professional services.