Ron Burgundy Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 A more reliable terrestrial broadband network could enable Iraq to become a transcontinental transit route for Internet traffic, a senior executive at one of two firms providing submarine connectivity to the war-torn country told Reuters. Iraq is ideally located to carry Internet traffic between Asia and Europe and built a submarine cable landing station at Al Faw on Iraq’s Gulf coast to do so. Two companies – Qatar’s Gulf Bridge International and India’s Global Cloud Xchange – connected submarine cables to the stations, but Iraq’s stultifying bureaucracy delayed their activation to the terrestrial network, which is wholly owned by state-run Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company (ITPC). View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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