The latest Iraqi communications news, including developments and opportunities in communications and media from Iraq Business News.
By John Lee. Thousands of Iraqi schoolchildren are entering classrooms equipped with new Dell technology that will help improve how they access information, and ultimately, work and compete with their peers around the world. This development is the result of a close collaboration between the Iraqi Ministry of Education (MOE) and Dell, who assessed the […]
By Munaf al-Saedi. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. One young Baghdad woman has ambitious plans for Iraqi women’s rights – and she has started a Facebook campaign to back them. She already has 10,000 […]
By John Lee. The broadband company belonging to former Irish international soccer player and Sunderland boss Niall Quinn (pictured) is reported to be considering entering the Iraq market. The Irish Independent reports that his company, QSat, has formed a partnership with another Irish company, Altobridge, that could take it into Iraq, where Altobridge already provides […]
By John Lee. Zain Iraq plans to finally go ahead with its stock market listing by early 2013 at the latest, according to a report from Reuters. Hisham Akbar (pictured), Zain's deputy chief executive and chief operating officer, told reporters on Tuesday that the company still needs to convert to a joint stock company in […]
Acting Iraqi Minister of Communications & Minister of Provinces, H.E. Torhan Mudher Hassan AL-Mufti (pictured), has confirmed his participation at The CWC Group’s Iraq Telecoms 2012 Conference. Held on the 12-14 November in Istanbul, the acting Minister will attend the Conference with a senior delegation, including the Senior Deputy Minister of Communications H.E. Mr Amir Al […]
By John Lee. An Alcatel-Lucent subsidiary, Lucent Technologies World Services Inc. (LTWSI), has agreed to pay the United States $4.2 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that it submitted misleading testing certifications to the Army in connection with the design, construction and modernization of Iraq’s emergency communications system, the Department of Justice announced today. […]
Kuwaiti telecom operator Zain will continue its fight against a substantial fine imposed on its Iraq operations despite some of the unit's bank accounts being frozen. Zain Iraq, the country's number one mobile operator with an estimated 53 percent market share, was hit with the fine of $262 million in February 2011 for putting 5 […]
Iraq's three main mobile phone companies -- Zain, Asiacell and Korek -- have appealed against a communications regulator decision to fine them for failing to list on the local stock exchange, reports Reuters. Iraq's Communications and Media Commission (CMC) fined the companies for missing the August 2011 deadline to list on the local bourse, which […]
By John Lee. Zain Iraq has had its funds seized in all Iraqi banks until it pays a $262 million fine for selling 5 million SIM cards without permission, Bloomberg reports. “We have warned them to pay the fine,” Ahmad al-Omari, a member of the Communications and Media Commission’s trustee board, told the news agency. […]
By John Lee. Vodafone and Zain have jointly announced a Partner Market agreement that will significantly expand Vodafone’s Partner Market presence in the Middle East and provide Zain customers with greater support in Vodafone’s global footprint. Under the non-equity partnership agreement, Vodafone will work with Zain companies in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq […]
By John Lee. Zain has confirmed rumours that it is close to sealing a deal with Vodafone that would allow the global telecoms group to expand access to networks across countries including Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Bahrain. According to the report from Reuters, Zain has said that it is "at an advanced stage in negotiations […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Minister for Communications, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, has resigned, accusing Prime Minister Nouri Maliki of refusing to stop "political interference" in his ministry. Mr Allawi is a member of the Sunni-backed Iraqiyya bloc, and a cousin of its leader Ayad Allawi. "I present my resignation because I have become incapable of working […]
