By John Lee. Zain Group has announces that its mobile operation in Iraq launched 3.9G voice and data services across the country on January 1, 2015. The launch came following the finalization of an agreement with Iraq’s Communications and Media Commission (CMC) on November 10, 2014, which culminated in Zain Iraq making an initial 25% […]
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Zain to Launch 3G by Jan
By John Lee. Zain Iraq is to launch its 3G mobile phone services in January. Reuters reports that Zain, along with rivals Asiacell and Korek, eventually agreed to the government’s terms and formally signed the contracts at a ceremony in Baghdad on Monday attended by prime minister Haider al-Abadi. Zain Iraq recently paid the first […]
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Minister of Communications meets Chinese Telcos
By John Lee. The Acting Minister of Communications, Torhan al-Mufti [Torhan Mudher Hassan AL-Mufti] (pictured), has held a meeting with representatives of the Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE. According to a report from AIN, they discussed cooperation between Iraq and the Chinese companies. The Director General of the General Company of Communication and Post, Salih […]
China Increases Presence in Iraq
China's Commercial Attache in Iraq, Wang Shi Tong [Wang Xi Tong], has said that Beijing will open a consulate office in its Baghdad embassy to facilitate Iraqis applying for visas to enter China. The office will be opened at the end of 2012. According to the report from AIN, he added that the Chinese consultancy […]
China's Huawei Wins Najaf Phone Contract
AKnews reports that Chinese company Huawei has won the contract to extend landline phone services to Najaf province, Mohammed Ayed al-Moussawi, chairman of the provincial council's services commission, said the service will be world-class and the project will cost $40 million [48 billion Iraqi dinars]. The Ministry of Communications announced in January that two million […]
Iraq Telecoms 2011 Gold Sponsor Zain Considers Offers to Manage its Network
With 12 million subscribers in Iraq, Kuwait’s Zain is the market leader in the Iraq Telecoms industry, currently considering several tender offers to manage its telecoms network in Iraq. Zain is likely to award the contract in the next few weeks; the winner will be able to improve the network quality, while Zain will focus […]
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Zain Considers Offers to Manage its Network
Kuwait’s Zain is considering several tender offers to manage its telecoms network in Iraq and will likely award the contract in the next few weeks, a company spokesman has said. According to Reuters, Zain refused to name bidders for the managed service agreement, but said there were at least three, with international players such as […]