Iran to cooperate with Iraq in telecom

February 7, 2007 - 0:0
TEHRAN (Taliya News) — A visiting Iraqi telecom delegation in a meeting with ICT Ministry and Infrastructure Communications Company officials requested purchasing an STM I 16 link, through Falcon network enroot Iran’s fiber-optic line.

According to ILNA, Infrastructure Communications Company Managing Director Ali Zohurifar after the meeting with Iraq’s ICT Minister Muhammad Towfiq Alaawi briefed the reporters on the ground for the two countries’ infrastructure telecom cooperation. He said, “The Iraqi delegation’s other request during the meeting was connecting the two countries’ fiber-optic networks through Shalamcheh in Iran’s Khuzestan Province and Basra in Iraq, as well as Iran’s Kurdistan Province and Iraq’s Arbil city, enabling the two countries’ citizens to have phone connections through them.”

According to Infrastructure Communications Company Public Relations, Al-Alaawi and his accompanying delegation visited Infrastructure Communications Company’s Islamic Revolution Complex LCT center and were briefed about the activities of that complex’s Data Management Center.