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Nortel Wins $20M Deal in Iraq
By Mark Evans | November 20, 2006
Nortel is getting involved in the reconstruction of Iraq’s infrastructure with a $20-million contract to build a new, 5,000-kilometer fibre-optic network for Iraq Telecommunications & Post Corp. The network, which will deliver data, video and multi-media services, will be linked an another network built by Nortel in 2004 that runs between Basra and Baghdad. "This national project is vitally important to the many telecommunications projects underway that will help rebuild the capabilities of the Iraqi society and economy," said Mohamed Allawi, Iraq’s minister of communications, in a press release. Tags: Nortel, Iraq, network
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