VOL. XLV

No 10

11-March-2002

KUWAIT

NBK First RegionalBank To Launch Broadband Microwave

The National Bank ofKuwait (NBK) announced on 10 February that it had implemented its IndependentBroadband Microwave (BMW) Wide Area Network, known as the NBK BMW, setting aregional precedent. In a statement, the bank noted that during the course of2001, it has shifted all its leased-line branch communication services from thepublic network of the Ministry of Communications and replaced them withindependent...