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Throckmorton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-28-03 01:17 PM
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Bahraini company ordered to cease wireless operations in Iraq
Haliburton and Bechtel need the money, how dare you interfere with profits.

http://wcbs880.com/international/Iraq-MobilePhones-ai/resources_news_html

Got to just love it. I wonder what their Iraqi customers think of the service.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-28-03 01:21 PM
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1. Proconsul Bremer doesn't want Iraqi's to have phone service
The service that WorldCom set up is exclusively for US contractors and the military. It uses the cell protocol common in North America -- not the one used in Europe and the Middle East (and elsewhere).

The one that the Bahraini company set up is the only phone system that will work with the phones that Iraqis are able to obtain. The contract for civilian service is still years away.

Proconsul Bremer doesn't want them to be able to talk to one another on the phone -- that's what this is.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-28-03 01:25 PM
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2. world com ,mci
under investigation for fraud. mci-world com has no experience in wireless communications..nice to have friends in the government isn`t it?
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-28-03 01:25 PM
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3. Hmmmm
...another "anti-terrorism" measure I presume.
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