VOL. XLVI

No 50

15-December-2003

IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION

Orascom Chairman Says Iraq Mobile Contract To Go Ahead, Refutes Allegations Of Irregularities

The chairman of Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) Najib Suwairis has announced that his companys contract to run mobile telephone services in central Iraq will go ahead, saying that CPA Administrator Paul Bremer ended the dispute after he delegated the task of signing licenses to the Iraqi Minister of Communications. Some press reports have suggested that...