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AsiaCell launches service in the capital of Iraq's
Kurdistan region Erbil
1.9.2007
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September 1, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region (Iraq), --
Asiacell has launched its service in the capital of
Iraq's Kurdistan region Erbil, the GSM company's
subscribers said on Saturday.
An Asiacell subscriber said that he is now able to
receive phone calls from his family in Baghdad via
his mobile phone, while another said that it is not
yet possible to call subscribers to other companies.
All Asiacell subscribers now can make and receive
calls between Sulaimaniyah and Erbil.
AsiaCell, Korek Telecom and MTC Atheer were the
three winners in the mobile phone license auction
held by the Iraqi goverin the Jordanian capital
Amman a few days ago.
Mobile phone services were first launched in Iraq in
early 2004 after the collapse of the former Iraqi
regime and the Cairo-based Orascom Telecom Holdings,
Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Co and AsiaCell
were the winners in an auction that drew 35 bidders. |
Asiacell operated in
Iraq’s Kurdistan region from 1999. |
Under the then
contracts, Orascom's network covered central Iraq,
including Baghdad, AsiaCell served northern Iraq,
while Atheer Tel (from Kuwait) operated in the
south.
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