Page 100 - investment-map-En-2021

Iraq Investment Map 2020-2021 93


Investment opportunities in the telecommunications sector

1. Establishing optical landlines (FTTH): This opportunity is one of the most

important investment opportunities offered to sober international companies to

establish (Fiber To The Home) lines to provide various services to nearly five
million customers, at all governorates of Iraq.

2. Investing in the Ministry of Communications infrastructure and establishing a
strategic partnership with the global company with the license of the fourth

generation technology 4G, by enabling it to work on the entire infrastructure
of the General Company for Communications and Informatics, including the

optical fiber network, towers and sites to use them in distributing the fourth

generation service, in addition to developing and expanding these networks in
line with the requirements of the services provided, in a way that guarantees

providing (SLA) services in accordance with international standards, which
will contribute to speeding up the project and reduce the costs of its creation.

3. Marketing a whole basket of telecommunications and Internet services (video

call, voice, data, high-definition television channels, games) through the
existing Access Net Work networks.

4. Investing in the optical cable extending from north to south to provide
telecommunications and internet services.

5. Investing the lands belonging to the Public Telecommunications Company

6. Marketing communication services and the Internet through land (international
and local) and sea ports.

7. Securing, improving and developing security systems in the field of
communications and electronic protection.

8. The Iraqi Satellite Project: to provide telecommunications, informatics and
television services to cover all regions of Iraq, especially remote areas (desert,

marshes, mountains) in addition to countries within the scope of satellite

coverage to be a bridge to terrestrial organizations as well as the security
aspect of the project.

9. Data and software development centers: Providing secure local centers inside
Iraq to host and store all data, host websites, e-mail and all special applications