The latest Iraqi communications news, including developments and opportunities in communications and media from Iraq Business News.
By John Lee. Dr. Ali Al-Moayyed [Ali Hussein al-Moayad], Chairman of Iraq's Communications and Media Commission (CMC), has announced that KPMG has started auditing the revenues of mobile phone companies operating in Iraq from 2017 to 2022. According to a press release from the CMC, this initiative aims to enhance transparency, combat tax evasion in […]
By John Lee. Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi has announced that the talabat app will now come preloaded on Xiaomi phones in United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt and Iraq. Talabat, a food and grocery delivery app, was founded in Kuwait in 2004, and entered the Iraqi market in 2021. It was acquired in 2015 by German-based […]
By Amnesty International. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq: Authorities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq must immediately end their assault on press freedom The authorities of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I) must end their assault on the right to […]
Accedo and Brightcove have joined forces with Al Sharqiya Group (Sharqiya) to elevate its 1001 OTT streaming service by introducing one of Iraq's first Subscription Video-On-Demand (SVOD) platforms, alongside live linear channels. Recognised as a leading media provider of factual and entertainment content in Iraq and the MENA region, Sharqiya's expansion through its support of […]
By John Lee. The General Company for Communications and Informatics, a division of Iraq's Ministry of Communications, has signed a contract with Kuwaiti company Al-Zajil to transit international communications to Europe through Iraq via Turkey. Al-Zajil is a subsidiary of Kalaam Group. Minister of Communications, Dr. Hayam Al-Yasiri, emphasized that the signing of the contract […]
From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. After surge in users, Iraq considers ban 'pornographic' TikTok The Iraqi government has sparked controversy by considering a ban on the popular social media platform TikTok. This comes on the back of a […]
By John Lee. The market for smartphones in Iraq has reportedly grown by 86 percent year-on-year in Q4 2023. According to research by Canalys, this has come, "despite rising restrictions on US dollar cash withdrawals by local banks exacerbating a shortage and driving up the parallel market exchange rate." It says that vendors including TRANSSION […]
By John Lee. Italian connectivity services provider Sparkle has announced the expansion of its network footprint to Iraq with the opening of a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Erbil, in cooperation with Novel Point, an Iraqi international provider of connectivity and ICT solutions. According to a press release: "The PoP in Erbil leverages Novel […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Communications and Media Commission (CMC) has reportedly said that Iraq's fourth mobile phone service will start "soon." State-run Iraqi News Agency (INA) quotes the head of the Commission, Ali Al-Moussawi, as saying: "The [license was granted] to Al-Salam Company, affiliated with the Ministry of Communications, and work is ongoing with close […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi government's "Ur" electronic portal, has successfully expanded its e-government services, offering 708 services, of which 352 are electronic and 356 are paper-based. Government spokesman, Haider Majid, also told the state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA) that the portal has more than 2.3 million registered users. He said Ur includes 6,358 governmental […]
By John Lee. Iraq was the nation with the largest number of internet shutdowns in 2023, according to a survey from Top 10 VPN. Its 66 shutdowns almost all occurred in relation to school exams, in an attempt to prevent cheating. Internet blackouts lasted a total of 185 hours, while social media shutdowns totalled 280 […]
By John Lee. British telecommunications company BT, and Iraq's Basrah Gas Company (BGC), have announced a new agreement to, "securely connect the company's operations in Iraq and help accelerate its digital transformation." Iraq's largest gas flare reduction company and a joint venture among the Iraqi Government, Shell and Mitsubishi, announced a new agreement to securely […]
