The GSM Association has welcomed today?s news of the decision to build a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) network in Iraq. Welcoming the announcement, Rob Conway, CEO of the GSM Association and member of its board commented:
?We are very pleased by this news, as we have been working with the US Government and MCI to provide GSM, and ensure that Iraq had the right technology for its people, compatible with the rest of the region and the world.?
?We stand ready to continue to support, assist and do all we can to aid the further development of Iraq?s mobile communications expansion.?
There are already more than 60 million customers in 20 countries in the Arab world and this decision will help to ease Iraq?s re-assimilation into the region. Iraq will eventually join a global GSM wireless network with a community of almost one billion customers, marking another stage in the end of the isolation of the country and its people.
The GSM standard has grown exponentially since its introduction and is today the world?s leading global wireless standard – since 1997, GSM has seen a staggering 10 fold increase in its world-wide customer base across 195 countries of the world.
The news of the Iraqi GSM contract follows recent news that the U. S military is to make a substantial commitment to the standard by purchasing a number of complete GSM systems that will be deployed at a number of its establishments.
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