Eight telcos have reportedly placed bids for Iraq’s fourth mobile licence.
UAE-based Etisalat, South Africa’s MTN, Turkcell, Vodafone, Verizon and France Telecom are among the bidders, said Farooq Abdulqader Abdulrahman, Iraq’s the minister of…
Eight telcos have reportedly placed bids for Iraq’s fourth mobile licence.
UAE-based Etisalat, South Africa’s MTN, Turkcell, Vodafone, Verizon and France Telecom are among the bidders, said Farooq Abdulqader Abdulrahman, Iraq’s the minister of communications reportedly said at a telecoms conference in Dubai.
Operators would not buy the licence at auction but would have to agree to conditions that include setting aside a minimum of 30% of revenues for the government.
“We want to finalise the process by the first quarter of next year,” Abdulrahman said to local newspaper, The National.
