VOL. XLII

No. 05

1-February-1999

IRAQ

Alcatel Signs $60Mn Contract With Iraq

The French telecommunications company Alcatel has signed acontract worth $60mn with Iraq to rehabilitate the country痴 telephone network.Mr. 'Isam Ibrahim Salim, the head of Iraq痴 state-owned telecoms provider, wasquoted by the Iraqi News Agency on 22 January as confirming that the contractincludes seven new telephone exchanges for 140,000 lines and an internationalexchange for 1,200 lines. The contract, which falls under...