The latest Iraqi communications news, including developments and opportunities in communications and media from Iraq Business News.
The Iraqi Ministry of Communications announced on Wednesday that it will offer three “large” investment projects during this year. The Ministry’s spokesman, Samor Ali Hassoun, told AKnews that the three projects are for normal telephone lines, Baghdad Communications Tower, and post offices. The Ministry’s preparations regarding this offer are ongoing, and international companies will be […]
Following on from our listing on Monday of the main cabinet positions, we present a more complete line-up below, compiled from information sourced from Iraq Oil Report and Reuters. The official website of the Iraq cabinet has not published the official list, and has chosen instead to lead with an article about the importation of […]
A new satellite TV channel and a radio station will soon be launched, airing news in Kurdish. According to AKnews, the general director for the new outlets said most of the preliminaries are completed and the new service will air programs from early 2011. There are a number of governmental and party affiliated media outlets, […]
Kuwaiti Logistics firm Agility has not received an official offer from France Telecom for its stake in Iraq's Korek Telecom, but welcomes any, its chairman said in published remarks on Thursday, according to Reuters. "Exiting is possible if the company receives a suitable price level that results in good revenue," Tarek Sultan told Kuwaiti daily […]
Qatar Telecom QSC, the country’s largest company by revenue, is mulling plans to sell shares to the public in its Iraqi unit in two years, according to its chief strategy officer. “We are beginning to think now about doing an IPO in Baghdad,” Jeremy Sell said at a presentation in the Qatari capital Doha today. […]
By Lisa Knight, Creative Director & Founder of The Brand Foundation. Since 2007 Iraq has witnessed a number of multinationals setting up regional operations – GE, Daimler Benz, Shell, and global finance and banking institutions such as J. P Morgan Chase and Citibank publicly proclaiming an interest in the Iraqi financial sector, its only a […]
The Maysan Communications Department has embarked on a project to set up a fiber-optic communications network in the city of al-Amara, according to a report from Aswat al-Iraq. “Engineers and technicians in the department started works on a project to build a high-quality fiber-optic communications network,” Ali Mahmoud, head of the department, told the agency. […]
According to the Financial Times, the European telecom giant France Telecom is engaged in talks to buy a minority stake in the Iraqi mobile phone operator Korek, as part of a bid to expand its operations in the Middle East. Although no deal has yet been struck, financial observers say that a potential agreement could […]
Aiming at helping the regional government of Kurdistan to develop its technological sector, a leading delegation from the Microsoft Corporation made its first visit to the capital Erbil on Sunday. The visit was made possible by an invitation by the two-year old Department of Technology of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) that has set a […]
A new wireless broadband network is to be launched in Iraq by Fanoos Telecom. Fanoos will begin deployment of the WiMAX network in Sulaimaniyah, Mosul and Kirkuk, using the existing tower infrastructure from AsiaCell. Rollout is expected to be complete by the end of the year. The network will address both the residential and enterprise […]
The Anbar Investment Commission said on Tuesday said that it plans to provide internet services to its citizens at affordable prices. Arkan Khalaf al-Tarmouz, the chairman of the committee, told AKnews that the investment project will provide a high-speed internet service at a cost of $70 per month [82,000 Iraqi dinars], eventually falling to 10,000 […]
Over 250 key government and industry players are expected to attend the Iraq Telecoms 2010 conference taking place in Istanbul on Tuesday 2nd to Wednesday 3rd of November. The event, fully support by the Iraqi Telecommunications Ministry, the CMC, the Iraqi Parliament and the KRG MOC, will engage key telecommunications government officials and service companies […]
