Iraqi Minister of Communications announced the approval of the fourth license for the mobile phone
December 29, 2009
The president of parliament at the beginning of the session said that the report of the Security and Defense Committee to host the ministers and security chiefs did not end until now, it is hoped to be introduced this week, noting that meetings will continue on Thursday, and the Parliament stops work on the occasion of the ceremony of the tenth Muharram to resume its meetings on Tuesday. And Parliament hosted yesterday, Minister of Communications to report on the realities of communications in Iraq and the suffering of the poor quality of services in this area. The minister pointed out that the ministry and in cooperation with the media and communications to disclose the reasons for the deterioration of mobile services, has also formed committees to determine who is responsible for this phenomenon, but there are limping in the work of these committees, noting that the frequency spectrum of Iraq suffers from many problems despite the restoration of 90 % of the frequencies to the Iraqi side from U.S. forces.
The minister said that the fourth draft license for the mobile phone is designed to offer greater service to citizens at affordable prices, which will be implemented by companies affiliated to the ministry in cooperation with an investor from the private sector, confirming that the Ministry obtained preliminary approval from the Council of Ministers, calling at the same time the House of Representatives to support orientation of ministry.
About the ground telephone network, "Abdul-Qader said the network is old and have suffered considerable damage due to military operations and the amounts allocated for renovations are few, noting that the intention is to implement several communication projects in technology and optical networks to the Internet and electronic government.
The House of Representatives questioned the work of the ministry included questions about the reason for the lack of phone service and the fact of opening ground border points without the consent of his ministry and the rights of the Iraqi state of the authority being exclusive or via mobile phone companies and the possibility of providing Internet service over the ground phone after the citizens suffered from poor service, in addition to the fact that the state withdrawn amounts compared with the amounts achieved by the telecommunications and the power of the ministry to punish the mobile phone companies because of poor services being provided and the actions taken by the ministry to achieve self-sufficiency and move to approach the integrity of the excesses of mobile phone companies.
Yesterday's session was postpone the end of the first reading of the draft electoral law rules of conduct and resolution, in principle, after the completion of the debate, differing views at the House With Some felt that the draft law violates the Constitution and the materials are in frequent at legal elections and the electoral commission, and it is based on the constitutional article, others emphasized that the bill serves the electoral process despite the existence of notes on it. (Source)AlSaba