Telecom launches national project of the Internet in Iraq

Telecom launches national project of the Internet in Iraq



BAGHDAD - The Journal News

The Ministry of Communications, said that the current year will see the start of work the national project of the Internet in Iraq, and the start of the service as soon as the Internet in the world, and at a cost less than the current cost of a large proportion

A spokesman for the Ministry of Communications Hazem Mohammed Ali in an exclusive interview << >> New Journal on Tuesday that "the national project of the Internet in Iraq, the project generates huge financial profits, adding that he had the equivalent of investment projects in the field of oil and refining."

"The project did not bear the costs of the ministry, but the executing companies to bear all the costs and the ministry reserves the right to supervise the entire joints of the national project management."

Ali said, "after less than a year to start implementation date and a record for the Ministry of Communications has succeeded with the contracting companies with the completion of 93% of the project to extend the processing of optical cable all over Iraq, which is reflected online prices available to citizens in Iraq."

He added that the formation of oversight committees of the ministry follows the implications of the reduction on the reality of the citizen effectively, indicating that secure and protected network and owned by the Ministry of Communications, and supervised by the ministry in coordination with senior security authorities in Iraq, will be optical cable international force for the protection of data and information inbound, outbound and filter gates to ensure the security of Iraq

He noted that the project is a promising investment, and achieves the state of substantial financial resources from ever wanted, and although the ministry did not bear the costs of the project, but the executing companies to bear all costs for the project.

He explained that the ministry reserves the right to supervise the entire joints of the national project of the Internet in Iraq, where Iraq is witnessing the launch of the service as fast network in the world, and at a cost less than the current cost by a significant management.

"Optical cable" within the project (Sinfona- EarthLink) will enter the service to the middle of this year .. So what is this project and how it will achieve financial revenues of the general budget and the importance of security in Iraq? .ala that the other matter is that the project will cancel all online horoscope.

Member Services Committee and Reconstruction parliamentary MP Tawfiq Al-Kaabi spoke about the project, earlier: "Iraq today is entirely dependent on oil and this is a big mistake should be rectified," noting that it must be the sources of income for the Iraqi economy, ranging from agriculture, telecommunications, etc.

"The optical cable is a successful project that we hope will help to increase Iraq's imports as well as economic security", hinting that the Commission services and reconstruction has confirmed more than once on the development of sources of economy

Kaabi was likely to be "this attack on the project by some of those who will strike their interests because the project will be a competitor for many telecom and Internet companies," calling on "the competent authorities to be wary of these abuses and punish Mtalegaha if no evidence."

He pointed out that this project will serve the country and the Iraqi people too much, because the Internet and communications costs have become very high on the citizen by the dominant telecom and internet companies on this side

The Ministry of Communications confirmed that the transit line passing through Iraq will bring us revenues of up to millions of dollars will be included in the state budget for pointing out that it will pull the link line in Egypt through the Suez Canal and this has a profit of Iraq also

According to a ministry statement said that "the line will be is like a transit arrives eastern world alienated by passing under the Iraqi territory," a spokeswoman for "security benefits, all the countries will work to keep any security threat in the region for fear of penetrating the cable and access to the information contained therein and explained that the existence of line passes the Iraqi land has nothing to do with the frequencies for mobile and other, denying any third-party managed to spy on what is in the line. "

He stressed that "the Iraqis themselves are only able to spy through Nsbhm networks to enable them to access information."

He drew attention to "some rumors about the existence of fears of penetrating the information network of Iraq launched by rival companies because their work will be affected after the implementation of the project (Sinfona- EarthLink) and we are an official as a concern to us the public interest in this project where there is no security damage as it provides significant revenue to the treasury" .

The Internet companies have talked about earlier that the conversion of the type of service from the satellite to the optical cable Saqaibdha large financial losses.

Chen some political parties and the media counter campaigns to distort the reality of the project and provoke public opinion against him.

It is striking is that the pricing of Internet service that will be provided to citizens are the same as provided by current companies.



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