USAID attempts to attract foreign investors to Iraqi cellular industry (09/08/05)



To attract foreign investors to Iraq’s cellular telecommunications industry, US Agency for International Development (USAID) economic advisers submitted a draft of a regulatory code for interconnection to the Iraqi National Communication and Media Commission (NCMC).
 
Mobile licensing is a key issue
 
Mobile licensing is the single most important issue in Iraqi telecommunications this year. These regulations, and others that will follow in the next few weeks, will provide evidence of a sound regulatory environment, fostering investor confidence in the NCMC’s ability to deal with world-class telecommunications providers and their concerns.

The regulations were in anticipation of an international conference for prospective international investors and bidders for mobile cellular licenses held in London.

A 70 page draft interconnection agreement, also submitted to the NCMC, will serve as a model for effective interconnection between cellular operators and the state-owned telephone company.

Source: PortalIraq


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