CAIRO, Egypt-Motorola Inc. said it will supply GSM base stations and transmission equipment for Orascom Telecom Iraq Corp.’s new mobile network in Iraq’s central region. The value of the contract is worth up to $40 million, Motorola said.
Motorola said it is the main supplier for the central region under Orascom’s two-year network license. The U.S.-based vendor also said it is financing a portion of the purchase price.
Orascom will offer service under the “Iraqna” brand name. It is one of the three companies that won regional licenses in the war-torn country earlier this month from the Coalition of Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Minister of Communications. Asia-Cell, an incumbent GSM provider, won a license for service in the North. Atheer, which is associated with the Mobile Telecommunications Co. of Kuwait, was awarded the southern license. MTC is providing GSM service to the British military and other humanitarian efforts in the southern region.
