VOL. XLVI

No 21

26-May-2003

IRAQ

MCI Awarded Contract To Supply Initial GSM Facilities To Iraq

Iraq is to receive a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network and the contract has been awarded to bankrupt US telecom company MCI (formerly WorldCom). The deal is thought to be worth around $30mn and entails the supply of phone services to 10,000 military personnel and aid workers in Baghdad. A much larger contract to rebuild Iraqs telecoms infrastructure, which could be worth as much as...