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2003-10-08 Iraq
Arab firms win Iraqi phone contracts
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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-10-08 00:20|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 The oil, the oil, big bu s i n zzzzzzzz
Posted by Superhose  2003-10-8 12:50:00 PM||   2003-10-8 12:50:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The really interesting thing about this was that each of the three firms has significant local, i.e. Iraqi, ownership. Palm crossing in the traditional Arab style, and, gee, who in Iraq is rich enough to have millions to invest? Baathists and Kurds.
Posted by Chuck Simmins  2003-10-8 1:47:00 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org]  2003-10-8 1:47:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I think this is great, GSM is the better technology and more used around the world. There's no reason that we should try and saddle iraq with the substandard stuff that we use in the states. They can start from scratch rather than completely re-do existing infrastructrue like we would have to.

This was a smart move. Very smart.

-DS
Posted by DeviantSaint  2003-10-8 1:51:40 PM|| [www.livejournal.com/~deviantsaint]  2003-10-8 1:51:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 No. GSM is crap. Steve Denbeste (an electronics engineer) at denbeste.nu
told why the American system is MUCH superior. To
begin with you can put far more users in a band of frequences.


But the other reason why this bad news is that Arabs have an interest in torpedoing Iraq so they
should be kept as far of its reconstruction as possible.

Posted by JFM  2003-10-8 3:22:42 PM||   2003-10-8 3:22:42 PM|| Front Page Top

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