The latest Iraqi communications news, including developments and opportunities in communications and media from Iraq Business News.
In a move to showcase Omnnea's Research and Development products, Omnnea will participate at GITEX 2011 in Dubai. Dr. Faisal Fadul, Omnnea's CEO, said: "We are proud to be the first Iraqi company to participate in this exhibit where we are given the opportunity to compete in the same arena as the best the world […]
Korek, one of the fastest growing mobile operators in Iraq, has selected Ericsson to modernize and expand its network by a network expansion and service quality improvement project. The agreement will prepare the network for 3G and LTE and further develop Iraq's telecom infrastructure. Through the agreement, Ericsson will deploy and integrate new radio base […]
Mobile telecom operator Asiacell has streamlined its business processes to improve services to its 8 million subscribers across Iraq with a business service management solution from HP. HP Business Service Management software gives Asiacell’s IT team full visibility of the company’s IT infrastructure, applications and services as a single integrated platform that can be tracked, […]
I recently wrote about the instant Libyan national identity change we all witnessed live on the news as the Libyan revolution fighters tore down the Gaddafi-designed green flag and replaced it with the red, green and black flag of the Libyan Republic. Instant re-branding witnessed by the world at large, and before the existing government […]
Asiacell – the first and largest private Iraqi telecommunications company and the first mobile telecom company to provide coverage for all of Iraq – today announced rolling out mobile voice, broadband and SMS services across remote communities in Iraq using the Altobridge lite-site™ solution. A satellite-backhauled, solar-powered, 2G/3G solution, the Altobridge lite-site™ enables mobile network […]
The U.S. is planning to provide Iraqi authorities with technology to monitor and record telephone calls and text messages, according to a report from Mobiledia. Spokesman for the U.S. forces in Iraq, Geoffrey Buchanan, told Radio Free Iraq that a deal was signed with Iraq's Interior Ministry to provide it with the new technology as […]
The Iraqi Communications Ministry have announced they will be launching the fourth round of license granting for mobile phone companies this week, licenses will be granted and agreements will be confirmed by the cabinet. Communications Minister H.E. Mohammed Tawfik Allawi stated “the ministry will only grant licenses to companies that will actually offer better services for […]
Iraq's three main mobile phone companies - Zain Iraq, Asiacell and Korek - appear unlikely to meet a month-end deadline to list on the local stock exchange, raising the chances of them being penalised, according to Reuters. The companies are required by Iraqi law to launch initial public offerings on the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) by […]
The Iraqi Communications Ministry announced on Tuesday that it will launch the fourth round of licensing for mobile phone companies next week. According to the report from AKnews, the licences will be granted next week but any agreements will have to be confirmed by the cabinet. A statement from Communications Minister, Mohammed Allawi, said that […]
The parliamentary hearing of an investigation into five million unlicensed mobile phone lines distributed by Iraqi telecom giant Zain Iraq has been postponed because of “political pressure”, alleged Ihsan al-Awwadi of the parliamentary communications and information commission. Scheduled to be held on Monday, the hearing to confirm the allegations against Zain has been delayed until […]
Hermes Datacommunications Middle East, a key specialist providing Wide Area Network communications to the upstream oil and gas industry has secured a contract to provide Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) communications to Expro North Sea Ltd in Iraq. The contract outlined will include a fully managed VSAT network, bandwidth, equipment, installation and support to The […]
In the Arabic world family name is important – family names are ‘brands’ with real stories, history, notoriety and respect. This is particularly the case in Iraq, a nation very much at the beginning of an onslaught of international brands – some seeking associations with the big family names of Iraq and others planning strategies […]
