Asia Cell

Infobox_Company
company_name = Asia Cell, Ltd.
company_
company_type = Limited
foundation = 1999
company_slogan = "Your voice is heard"
location = Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq
industry = Mobile telecommunications
homepage = [http://www.asiacell.com/ www.asiacell.com]

Asiacell is the first & oldest GSM Company in Iraq. It was established 1999 under ‘no fly’ zone by Iraqi businessman Mr. Faruk Mustafa Rasool. At the beginning Asiacell network coverage was primarily in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan only of about 70,000 subscribers.

Today, Asiacell is a consortium composed of Asiacell Company for Telecommunication, LTD (51%), Wataniya Telecom (40%) and the United Gulf Bank (9%). The license granted on October 7, 2003 by the Iraqi Ministry of Telecommunications, allows Asiacell to operate in Northern Iraq and expand to the rest of the country the second year. The company currently has more than two million subscribers.

Related News Articles

* [http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=11517&email=html Iraq launches mobile tender] . "TeleGeography" (6. March, 2006).
* [http://www.ameinfo.com/78238.html Wataniya Telecom posts KD 52.8 million net profit in 2005] . "AmeInfo" (19. February, 2006).
* [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/CA523162.html AsiaCell Plans Iraq Expansion] . "Wirelessweek" (13. January, 2005).
* [http://www.ameinfo.com/35888.html Iraq GSM: Substantial subscriber growth for Asiacell] . "AmeInfo" (8. March, 2004).

ee also

Zain Iraq

Iraqna

Korek

Moutiny

Telephone numbers in Iraq

References

*http://www.asiacell.com