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48 minutes ago, Botzwana said:

I understand you Novice...I try to be upbeat but I am a little tired.  Guess I just expected some economic reforms after the announcement of Mosul etc.  3 weeks later and squat.  My Wifey keeps telling me to turn off the Dinar channel and watch Scooby Doo for awhile.

Dont watch Scooby Doo he has issues too .. lol😊

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8 hours ago, endeavor1 said:

Now, if the problems they faced were difficult and took a long time to solve, do you think they can handle the internet?

 

Iraq's growing pains. economic as well as all things social will be interesting to watch. Their going to have allot of Funky Western Civilization coming at them like a full blown Blackout Sand Storm 

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Deputy: Minister of Communications will re-launch a corrupt project "expose" MPs with a new name tomorrow .. And these details

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Baghdad today - Diwaniyah

A member of the Committee on Services and Construction Parliamentary Huda Sajjad, on Saturday, the intention of Minister of Communications Hassan Rashed opening a project tainted with corruption, but a second nomination to cover it.

"The Minister of Communications and an attempt to cover up a corruption-ridden project will open on Sunday a project called the National Internet Project, but in fact it is the Simfoni Ertlenk project itself," Sajjad said in a statement to Baghdad today.

She added that "this procedure, which will be presented by the Minister is an attempt to remove suspicions of corruption, especially that the file of questioning, which questioned him is the special file, which is corrupt by all standards and is subject to national security for twenty years," she said

MP Hassan Al-Shammari said in a press statement that he disclosed what he described as one of the most dangerous government contracts, namely, a contract for extending and establishing the optical cable, which was signed by the Ministry of Communications represented by the General Company for Internet Services and the International Network with the company "Symphony - Ertlenk" That "the danger lies in the irregularities that pose a threat, privacy and security of persons, as well as the state of clear public funds, as well as the legal irregularities of the contract," he said.

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Economy News _ Baghdad

The Iraqi Ministry of Communications said on Sunday that the optical cable project would improve Internet quality in Iraq to 10 times, noting that Iraq would be an international country of Atrnzite. 

The General Director of the General Company for Services of the International Information Network Ali Al-Qasab said in a press conference held today, on the national project of the Internet in Iraq, and attended by "Economy News", "The optical cable project will improve the quality of the Internet in Iraq to 10 times the current Internet while ensuring non-interruption" , Pointing out that "the percentage of completion in the project, which reached 93% will be completed by the end of this year."


He explained that "the project included the extension of 4 million meters of optical cable in all provinces and a depth of 3 meters with the containment of the system of protection and safety is solid," noting that "the cadres of the ministry in cooperation with partners project managed to connect Iraq with international cables from four border ports with the establishment An international access portal for securing and protecting data and under the direct supervision of the Ministry's technical staff. " 

He added that "the ministry will not bear any significant costs on the establishment of this project, which is implemented by the companies Ertlenk and Smfony and Iraq will receive on the basis of 37% of the project's imports," stressing that "Iraq will be an international country and will contribute to the development of the public sector, A significant role in the preservation of national security of Iraq and the world. "

 
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telecommunications announces the linking of Iraq optical cable

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The Iraqi Ministry of Communications, represented by the General Company for the services of the International Information Network on Sunday, the launch of the Iraqi national Internet project to improve the Internet service in the country, after linking Iraq to the international optical cable network.

The project was launched in cooperation with EarthLake and Symphony, with the aim of revolutionizing the reality of the Internet and communications and keeping abreast of the latest technological developments in the world, the ministry said in a statement.

She added that the cadres of the ministry in cooperation with partners in the project was able to link Iraq with international cables from four border ports with the establishment of an international access portal to secure and protect the data and under the direct supervision of the technical staff specialized by connecting Iraq to the international network (optical cable) and global devices and equipment is the best globally "He said.  

"Iraq will achieve great financial returns and many job opportunities. Iraq will be an international transit country and will contribute to the development of the public and private economic sector. It will also play a prominent role in preserving Iraqi and global security," she said. 

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Date of release:: 2017/7/30 13:13 • 66 times read
Launch of the national project to improve the Internet in Iraq
[Ayna-Baghdad] 
The Ministry of Communications announced the launch of the Iraqi National Internet Project to improve the quality of this service in the country.
"The General Company for International Information Network Services in the Ministry held a conference to announce, in cooperation with EarthLink and Symphony, a revolution to improve the reality of the Internet and telecommunications and to keep abreast of the latest technological developments in the world through extraordinary efforts," a ministry statement said. "He said. 
The statement pointed out that "the cadres of the ministry was able, in cooperation with the partners of the project to link Iraq with international cables from four border ports with the establishment of an international access portal to secure and protect the data and under the direct supervision of the technical staff specialized by connecting Iraq to the international network [optical cable] Best of the world ". 
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3 hours ago, gregp said:

The banking communication, just turned off the dirt road, onto the high speed  autobahn!!!! Here's to International banking!!

I'm in agreement, Greg. No more guru BS about Iraq announcing rate changes and it taking overnight to go "East to West", which was totally absurd anyway. Push the button in Iraq.....BOOM, it's ready for our bank accounts.

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Completion of 93 percent of the national Internet project

   
 

 
 

31/7/2017 12:00 am 
 
Baghdad / Isra Samarrai
The Ministry of Communications has completed 93 percent of the national Internet project, which includes more than 2000 cabins distributed between Baghdad and the provinces, stressing that the project, which will enter the service by the end of this year will achieve national security of Iraq. The minister said that the ministry has completed a large percentage of the national project of the Internet, which includes 2000 cabins distributed between Baghdad and the provinces, which is hoped to enter the service at the end of this year, stressing the contribution of the project to reduce Internet prices (20% to 50%) compared to current prices. In particular, the reduction depends on the quantity of capacity by the companies that market the various optical network services of telephone, television, video, video and other services. 
He added that the project will provide large Internet capacity to the country at reasonable prices, compared to the Internet available through the Wi-Fi and Scoop Sky, pointing at the same time that his ministry formed follow-up committees on the prices of Internet capacity, which will be available to citizens at prices prepared by the ministry. Al-Rashed stressed that the project will make Iraq an international country and will generate significant financial returns and employment opportunities that contribute to the development of the public and private economic sector, as well as the role of the optical network to preserve national and international security. 
For his part, the director of the General Company for Services of the International Network and Informatics Engineer Ali Al-Qasab in the Ministry said in an exclusive interview to "Sabah" on the sidelines of the conference, that his company has completed 93% of the project of the optical network (the national project of the Internet), noting that it will work to achieve a huge economic return of the state In addition to his ministry, which will reflect positively on all sectors. 
He said that the monthly subscription to the Internet through the optical network will be estimated at about 42 thousand dinars, which will provide telephone and Internet and satellite channels via the optical network, explaining that it will do initially in the areas completed the project within the capital Baghdad and the provinces of the country. 
Al-Qassab revealed the development of 2400 lightboxes distributed among the regions and governorates of the country in order to ensure the provision of optical network services. Each cabin will provide four million and 200 thousand light lines to be delivered to residential homes, shops and institutions through the owners of internet towers and companies that will market Network services which will be announced during the next few years. 
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Telecom announces "radical" changes in its services this year

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Baghdad Mawazine News

The Ministry of Communications announced on Monday the introduction of "radical" changes in its services this year.

"The telecommunications sector will witness a significant shift in the quality of the services that will be provided by the Ministry after the completion of the work on the completion of the project," said the Director General of the Department of Planning and Follow-up and the head of the Japanese loan project (FTTH) in the ministry in the name of Asadi in a statement received by Mawazine News. "Only the stage of operation and marketing is left after the completion of the contract with any of the companies that are competent and specialized in the field of communications and information technology."

Al-Asadi added that he will "form a special directorate for the FTTH project and will be affiliated to the General Company for International Information Network Services, which is responsible for the maintenance of the optical cable with engineering and technical staff from the Ministry of Communications staff."

For his part, the Administrator of the Japanese Lunar Access Network, Mohammad Fahad, said that "the external network was fully completed in six areas distributed on both sides of Karkh and Rusafa with a capacity of (150 thousand) subscribers and ready to provide the best services to citizens."

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The formation of a special Directorate of the optical network

   
 

 
 

05/8/2017 12:00 am 
 
The Ministry of Communications intends to form a new Directorate for the project of optical network to manage the project when activating its services. Spokesman for the Ministry Hazem Mohammad Ali said in a special statement to "Sabah": His ministry intends to establish an independent directorate project of optical network in the country, the importance of the national project of the Internet. 
He stressed that the telecommunications sector will witness a significant shift in the services that the ministry will provide to the citizens by the end of this year, which requires the formation of a directorate specialized in the work of this project, noting that the Directorate will be managed by engineering and technical staff from the ministry. He pointed out that the Department of Planning and Follow-up in the ministry will Holding intensive meetings of specialists to prepare a comprehensive study in this regard.
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Optical cable brings great economic returns to Iraq

   
 

 
 

09/8/2017 12:00 am 
 
Serves all sectors and prepares an international crossing 
Baghdad / Shukran al-Fatlawi
In order to boost economic revenues, in light of the financial crisis experienced by the country as a result of the decline of oil prices in the world markets, and to enable the possession of a government network secured will in turn establish an effective electronic government, as well as make the Internet available to all Iraqis at high speeds and cheap prices, Optical cable (SCIS).
Director General of International Network Services (SCIS) Ali Mohammed Al-Qasab The project was completed by the state-of-the-art national digital platform based on a network of high-capacity fiber optic infrastructure that enables the country to have a secure network that places it in the ranks of the developed countries and makes it a non-consumer producer of data and information. 
He said the butcher in an interview with the "morning" to the economic project returns , saying: " The Iraqi government collects the amount of 17 percent of the total imports of the project (not profit) for the Ministry of Communications as well as 20 percent of the total revenue of the Ministry of Finance tax sales. 
And accounted for 37 percent of The total revenue, which accounts for more than 65 percent of the profits, counted by the very large amounts in light of the economic distress experienced by the country as a result of the fall in world oil prices, which is considered the main source of the state budget. "The cables of the sea and continued Alqasab that Iraq will be an international gateway to data stakes, which qualifies for the first time to benefit from it economically, explaining that: Iraq has not benefited from this resource before, where the Internet networks in the Gulf region and the Middle East cables marine, Around the world, stressing the cables that pass through the Egyptian Red Sea and Egypt or spread across the African continent, and as the corridors of the sea is experiencing problems and difficulties in repairing cables when any cutting, and may take weeks to repair sometimes, but the new network will add corridors of the network cable Current freedom, will also increase the number of lanes  linking Europe to the Middle East and the Far East. He pointed out that the project works to provide secure infrastructure for the security and defense sectors through the processing of 6 light filaments and a length of 4000 km, especially the security and defense system, and is completely separated from any devices for the project, as well as providing ready infrastructure for projects of security surveillance cameras in cities, This system to 70 percent of the cost of connecting these cameras without a project. Data Centers Al  Qasab confirmed that the project ensures the establishment of giant data centers, which can be a product of information and knowledge, and provide local capacity and internal metro network, which opens the door to many applications in the field of health, education and e-government as well as the revival of commercial applications. It also provides the basic infrastructure for mobile operators to provide 3G services and future generations. It will also increase the gross domestic product of Iraq as well as increase the per capita income of Iraq in proportion to the speed of the Internet, according to several studies and data of the World Bank and many other competent organizations. The project services concluded Director General for International Network Speaking explaining that the project is implemented and managed by the Ministry of Communications represented by the General Company for the services of international information network and partnership with each of the two (Aartlink and Symphonie Telecom), pointing out that Cisco is one of the supplied equipment and devices The project consists of advanced and modern switches which are responsible for technical support and maintenance of these devices.
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Resumes the extension of optical cable networks in liberated areas

   
 

 
 

13/8/2017 1:54 AM 
 
  
 Baghdad / Asra al-Samarrai The  
Ministry of Communications has completed the implementation of the optical cable project and the preparation of designs and maps of optical network paths in the provinces of Nineveh, Anbar and Salah al-Din. 
The official spokesman of the ministry, Hazem Mohammed Ali, told Al-Sabah: The General Company for Communications and Infrastructure of the Ministry has started the completion of the project of optical and copper cable in Anbar province. It has re-established the infrastructure of communication stations that were destroyed because of the terrorist operations, All their capabilities. He added that the ministry, after the liberation operations, launched a state of maximum alert for all its staff in Anbar province to harness the human resources in order to restore the work of communication joints and lift them out of the devastation, pointing to the rehabilitation of Fallujah photovoltaic station and optical cable of the path of Fallujah Baghdad 300 kilometers towards the area of Abu Munisir, Baghdad. 
Ali said that the technical and engineering staffs have re-operated wet, central, Khalidiya and Fallujah substations, especially after being rehabilitated by the copper cable body operating in the Directorate of Communications and Anbar Post. The telephone lines were restored to citizens who exceeded one thousand telephone lines, in addition to the rehabilitation of 700 km of cables The light of the first tracks connects the gray - 160 km - Nukhayb - Karbala and Baghdad with a distance of 300 km, while the second track extends to Ramadi - 160 km - Wetla Trebil with a distance of 400 kilometers. 
He confirmed that the ministry had previously coordinated with the Directorate of Civil Defense in Anbar province to remove the war debris, explosives and improvised explosive devices from the building of the Directorate of Communications and Anbar Post (the new site), as the removal and removal of remnants of a war missile from the roof of the building, four floors after dismantling. 
He pointed to the immediate rehabilitation of the infrastructure completely destroyed in the province of Nineveh, as the ministry began to rehabilitate the Mosul module to complete the optical cable project, especially after completion of the tracks that were sabotaged because of terrorist operations, as the technical staff began working on the statistics of the number of buildings destroyed. 
He noted the formation of committees to maintain the preparation of designs and blueprints for a project optical cable , which will provide communications , high - speed Internet for the people of Mosul through coordination with networks and projects department of the General Company for Communications and infrastructure service, as has  
direct also set up access optical network in Salah al - Din province and the delivery of cable project Photovoltaic systems to homes and government institutions. 
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The Ministry of Communications has completed the implementation of the optical cable project and the preparation of optical network path designs and maps in the governorates of Nineveh, Anbar and Salah al-Din.

The Ministry of Communications and Infrastructure of the ministry has completed the implementation of the optical and copper cable project in Anbar province. He added that the ministry, after the liberation operations, launched a state of maximum alert for all its staff in Anbar province to harness the human resources in order to restore the work of communication joints and lift them out of the devastation, pointing to the rehabilitation of Fallujah photovoltaic station and optical cable of the path of Fallujah Baghdad 300 kilometers towards the area of Abu Munisir, Baghdad.

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Communications: Increased Internet capacity

   
 

 
 

15/8/2017 1:06 am 
 
 Baghdad / Asra al-Samarrai 
The Ministry of Communications seeks to expand the capacity of Internet service through the introduction of modern technologies in the project of optical and micro-optical to develop and improve the quality of services available through the web and stabilize prices. The official spokesman of the ministry Hazem Mohammed Ali said in a statement to the "morning": The General Company for Communications and Infrastructure seeks to increase the Internet capacity in Baghdad and the provinces of the country, stressing that the ministry and through increased use of the Internet is working to make efforts to develop the reality of the Internet in Iraq from Through the introduction of modern technologies to the field of communications, which will provide good services to the citizen enjoys high speed and security as well as stabilize the prices of services available. He pointed out that the process of developing the Internet service is linked to the introduction of modern technologies adopted globally in this field, especially in the projects of communication with optical and optical types, and the stations of messaging and optical network, which have a major role in the modernization of services. In the same context, Ali revealed the development of the National Data Transformation Project (PDN), which consists of main stations deployed in Baghdad and the governorates. The company is working to increase the capacity of terminals to more than 100 Kika. However, Next generation and optical access network projects across the country's provinces which are expected to be introduced before the end of this year.
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