Arab firms win Iraqi phone contracts

[CADsortaGUY]

Well, since no one else has seen fit to post it, I will

Shunning Western bidders, Iraq has awarded two-year GSM mobile phone contracts to three Arab firms: Orascom, Atheer Tel and Asia Cell.

I wonder how we can tie this to Bush.

But seriously - I think it is a great step in the right direction. There needs to be some regional involvement and this is just one such thing which will help solidify post-war Iraq.

CkG

 

[EXman]

I wonder how we can tie this to Bush

just you wait someone will leak it...

 

[xochi]

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY
Well, since no one else has seen fit to post it, I will

Shunning Western bidders, Iraq has awarded two-year GSM mobile phone contracts to three Arab firms: Orascom, Atheer Tel and Asia Cell.

I wonder how we can tie this to Bush.

But seriously - I think it is a great step in the right direction. There needs to be some regional involvement and this is just one such thing which will help solidify post-war Iraq.

CkG

i'm not going to pretend to know much about mobile phone technology.

but isnt that type of mobile phone technology superior to what is in US?

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

Originally posted by: xochi

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY
Well, since no one else has seen fit to post it, I will

Shunning Western bidders, Iraq has awarded two-year GSM mobile phone contracts to three Arab firms: Orascom, Atheer Tel and Asia Cell.

I wonder how we can tie this to Bush.

But seriously - I think it is a great step in the right direction. There needs to be some regional involvement and this is just one such thing which will help solidify post-war Iraq.

CkG

i'm not going to pretend to know much about mobile phone technology.

but isnt that type of mobile phone technology superior to what is in US?

Can you hear me now? Good!

 

[LilBlinbBlahIce]

Originally posted by: xochi

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY
Well, since no one else has seen fit to post it, I will

Shunning Western bidders, Iraq has awarded two-year GSM mobile phone contracts to three Arab firms: Orascom, Atheer Tel and Asia Cell.

I wonder how we can tie this to Bush.

But seriously - I think it is a great step in the right direction. There needs to be some regional involvement and this is just one such thing which will help solidify post-war Iraq.

CkG

i'm not going to pretend to know much about mobile phone technology.

but isnt that type of mobile phone technology superior to what is in US?

GSM is just coming out in the US. If your phone has a SIM card it is GSM, for the large part we use CDMA here.

 

[Phokus]

Cad's continuing rosy outlook of King George never ceases to amaze me

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

CAD may be a partisan cheerleader but here's one case where the administration got it right. The whole concept of installing CDMA was total BS and profiteering. Then again this firm may be the Arab version of Enron, WorldCom, or Adelphia. I hope they aren't associated with Chalabi.

 

[Lonyo]

Industry experts had expected the networks to be based on GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) technology, which is already used across the Middle East and much of the rest of the world.

But the issue was clouded after one US lawmaker in March urged top politicians, including US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, to ensure that rival US-backed technology CDMA be deployed to safeguard American jobs and profits.

There's your link to the USA.
Why go CDMA when it's basically US only and everyone around them uses GSM? Just seems really pointless, especially as they would probably end up upgrading to GSM in the future anyway. Pointless.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: LilBlinbBlahIce

Originally posted by: xochi
i'm not going to pretend to know much about mobile phone technology.

but isnt that type of mobile phone technology superior to what is in US?

GSM is just coming out in the US. If your phone has a SIM card it is GSM, for the large part we use CDMA here.

I'm also not going to pretend I know anything about cell phones but I have Cingular which uses SIM cards and they suck. Not only that, but they never stop sucking...

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

My T-Mobile cuts out on the metro when we go under....Verizon users can continue to use their phones underground...I think I have one of those cards in my phone...and it sucks