جمهورية العراق وزارة الاتصالات قطاع الاتصالات في العراق

1. جمهورية العراق وزارة الاتصالات قطاع الاتصالات في العراق د. حيدر العبادي وزير الاتصالات

2. خارطة العراق • الحدود • ايران: 1,458km • السعودية: 814km • سوريا: 605km • تركيا: 331km • الكويت: 242km • الاردن: 181km

3. هيكلية وزارة الاتصالات الوزير وكيل الوزير مكتب المفتش العام مكتب الوزير المستشارون شركة الانترنت شركة الاتصالات البريد القسم الفني القسم القانوني قسم العلاقات العامة التدقيق القسم الاداري والمالي التخطيط والمتابعة

4. ITPC Organization Board of Directors Director General DG Assistant Plan. &Followup Dept. Nineva Telecom. &Post Dept Najaf Telecom. &Post Dept Telecom &Post Inst. Freq.Manage. Dept. Tamim Telecom. &Post Dept Kadisya Telecom. &Post Dept Auditing Dept. Telephone Traffic Dept. Salahdin Telecom. &Post Dept Muthana Telecom. &Post Dept Legal Dept. Telephone Subs. Affairs Dept. Computer Center Diyala Telecom. &Post Dept Thiqar Telecom. &Post Dept Risafa Customer Care Dept. Anbar Telecom. &Post Dept Official Subs. care dept. Wasit Telecom. &Post Dept Karkh Customer Care Dept. Babylon Telecom. &Post Dept Telephone Bills Collection Dept. Misan Telecom. &Post Dept Karbala Telecom. &Post Dept Public Relations Dept. Basra Telecom. &Post Dept Administrative & Finance Office Technical Affairs Office Post & Saving Affairs Office Baghdad comm. office Personnel & Admin Service Dept. Plant Network Dept. Transmission Dept. Karkh Telecom Dept. Risafa Telecom Dept. Finance Affairs Dept Baghdad post Dept. Mamon Telecom Center Power & Air- Condition Dept. Rashid Telecom Center Switching Dept Warehouses Dept. Saving Dept. Repairing & product Dept. Baghdad Transport Dept Network Implement. Dept/Baghdad Satellite Comm. Dept. Purchasing Dept. Post Affairs Dept Civil Projects Dept. Power & Aircond Dept /Baghdad Baghdad Switch Dept Post Exchange Dept Transport Dept.

5. Internet Organization Director General D G Assistant for Technical affairs Administrative Dept Web design Dept Public relation Dept Internet Dept Commercial Dept Planning & follow up Dept Finance Dept Software Dept Subscriber Dept D G Assistant for Administrative & Finance office Engineering Support Dept Auditing Dept Civil Project unit Internet cafés Dept Training & Development Dept Legal Dept Library

6. HUMAN RESOURSE DISTRIBUTION

7. ITPC

8. INTERNET

9. Telecom

10. Switching Status

11. Landline Subscribers-National

12. Landline Subscribers-Baghdad

13. Transmission Status

14. Baghdad Transmission Network Plan 21 May 03 Baqubah Shula Husainiya Tikrit 14July Adamiya Ghazalia Kadamiya Al Fida Sub-Abkar X X X Al Khansa Bab-Almudham Salihya 4 1 5 Al Amin Al-Mamoon Dawoodi Sinek (Rasheed) Al Dhubat AlJidida Abu-Ghraib (Baghdad) Kut 2 Alwa Al Jehad Al-Entisar Zafaraniya 3 1-5 Vsats Jadiriya Dora Baya Serviceable Mohmodiya Destroyed Unknown Salam-District 3K planned installation Hela/Karbela Optical (SDH) STM-16 Optical (SDH) STM-1 Microwave 10K planned installation

15. Transmission Current Status • The optical fiber system which is now working with lower capacity covering the country as shown below in the following diagramThe optical fiber through SDH equipments with capacity STM -1, STM - 4, STM -16. • The microwave system was damaged during the war and the current plan is to establish new equipmentsThe microwaves. • The coaxial cable which existed before the war was extensively damaged and beyond repair and is not justifiable to restore due to alternative services.

16. Destroyed in war

17. Station-(add/drop) Station-(through) details

18. Transmission-Development 1. Expansion of the optical cable system by DWDM which is the backbone of communications between the cities and the exchanges inside Baghdad.. .and now the company is inn the final stages to sign the two major contracts for Baghdad and National network - Baghdad- National 2. Operation of Data Transmission which insurance a network to connect the governmental and traditional centers among Baghdad and the main cities in the next stage and we had assign the meaning contract for it ..and in the future we will expand the network to cover the whole provinces and centers in the country.3. Expansion the microwave network to cover the parts of the country and the company now is working on assigning the cleshea contracts of the southern microwave and apart of the faraway distances areas needed.4. The international connection through the submarine optical fiber FLAG and through the sharing in FALCON

19. SAB-ABK 14-JULY KAD BAB GAZ DAW • ADAM MAD ADAM ZAY KML adm 8*10G Abo graib 16*2.5G mam MAM • MAM 16*2.5G 8*10G alwya n.bag snk JEH ENT SENK ZAF SAL 16*2.5G BAYA JAD DORA

20. Mosul2 60 km 80 km 30 km Duhok 80 km Zakho Mosul1 L1 220 km Erbil L2 16 channels Bayji 90 km L3 40 km 120 km 150 km Slaymania Tikrit Kirkuk 50 km 210 km Therthar Qaem Haditha Samarra 110 km 16 channels Baquba 160 km 70 km 140 km 170 km Akashat 120 km 70 km 4 channels 4 channels Ramadi Senk 10 km 130 km Mamoon 160 km 60 km 70 km 140 km Rutba Talha Faluja 140 km 100 km Karbala 50 km Trebil Hella 180 km 16 channels 300 km 8 channels 80 km 90 km Diwania Arar 70 km Najaf 100 km Kut Samawa 170 km 110 km 200 km Nasyria 16 channels Ammara 240 km 180 km Basrah1 Basrah2 20 km 70 km 110 km Um Qasar FAO

21. Microwave The microwave transmission equipment was started operation in Iraq 30 years ago .The first equipment were working using analogue technique. Five main routes was put in operate and continued to work till the year 2003 . They are 1- Baghdad – Basra through Samawa 2- Baghdad – Basra through Kut 3- Baghdad – Mosul through Samura and Tikrit 4- Baghdad – Ramad – Trabil to Jordan 5- Baghdad – kirkuk – Mosul and contained to Syria and Turkey. (the part between Kirkuk and Mosul was stopped after 1991) They were used to transmit telephone and television in the band upper six gage – hertz the capacity was 960-1200 channels . During embargo period moue has agreed to on supplied microwave equipment for three projects are to modernize and change to digital transmission equipment was delivered to Iraq six months before the war and stored and survey to implement was contacted but not put in operation . During the war and the period followed some of the equipments was looted and stole few remains . Now we are trying to put in operation some links to operate part of Baghdad – Basra between Baghdad and Samawa of total capacity of (3)STM-1 We are also trying to operate some links between Baghdad and mosul . Our plan is first to a quire equipment so as to operate the five r outs above with new digital equipments using the latest techniques, because the towers are available. The to have new routes to back-up the optical transmission ,although it is of limited capacity compared with optical transmission.

22. Telecommunication Demands • Replacing 500,000 subscribers of the old exchange . • To procure a fixed telephone for each residence in Iraq by year 2005 . • Implementing Regional and national switches for all the Governorates. • Implementing two big international transit switches in Baghdad . • Implementing 4 million subscriber access lines by the year 2007 using WLL, fiber cables & voice cables . • Implementing a high bandwidth data network. • Update and expand the fiber optic network nation wide using DWDM technologies . • Rehabilitating and expanding the national microwave back bone . • Having an international fiber optic network. • Implementing two standard A earth stations.

23. The International telephone service • Prior to the war the international telephone service was carried by : • 2 earth stations, one was working with the Intelsat satellite of capacity 256 voice circuits. The other was working with Arabsat its capacity was 128 voice circuits. • Microwave link with Jordan its capacity was 180 voice circuit. • Microwave and coaxial cable were working with Syria of total capacity 220 circuit. • 8 VSAT stations of 4E1capacity each. • 2 big international transit switching centers located in Baghdad were transiting the international voice traffic. • During the war, all the international facilities have been destroyed completely and that situation opened the door to the individuals to install small international gateway and operate call offices. • Thruway international mobile phone has been used extensively after the war.

24. ITPC actions • To restore the international voice service after the war, ITPC arrange the following • Few VSAT gateways connected via local switches in Baghdad & governorates. • Connecting the fiber optic cable to Jordan. • Supply and implement new gateway of 24E1 in Baghdad to carry the traffic via telestar12 satellite. • Requesting two standard A earth stations of 32E1each to work via Intelsat Atlantic and Indian ocean satellite. • The future requirement: • high bandwidth connectivity through submarine fiber optic cables is needed. Flag is one of the options.

25. INTERNET (SCIS)

26. Internet cafes in Baghdad ِCen.1 Al-Saadon Cen.2 Al-Sekak Cen.3 Al-Adel Cen.4 Al-Muhandiseen Cen.8 Tech. Cen.11 Al-Qushla Cen.12 Bab Al-Muadam Cen.22 Hunting Club Cen23. Al-Rasheed Hotel Cen.39 Al-Senak Exchange Cen.24 palistne Hotel Cen.26 Baghdad fair Cen.27 Al-Alwiaa Club Cen.28 Al-Jamiya Cen.31 Al-Mamoon Cen.35 New Baghdad Cen.40 Al-Amil Quarter Cen.41 Al-Mamoon Tower Cen.42 Al-Jadirya

27. Internet Cafes in Provicens Cen.10 Nineveh Cen.33 Nineveh Post Off. Cent.34 Abe Tamam Cen.38 law Collage Cen.51 tech. Institute Cen.52 Nineveh tech. Inst. Cen.29 Al-Tameem Comm. Cen.43 tech. Institute Cen.64 comm. building Cen.9 Tikret Cen.65 Dur tech. Inst. Cen.71 Airways Building Cen.14 Al-Anbar Comm. Cen.55 ALfaluja Cen.20 Al-Qadisia Comm. Cen.6 Karbala Comm. Cen.53 karbala Unv. Cen.54 karbala tech. Inst. Cen.29 Dyala Comm. Cen.21 An Najaf Comm. Cen.44 AL-Kufa P.O. Cen.45Tech. Institute Cen.46 Kufa tech. Inst. Cen.19 Waset Comm. Cen.18 Al-Amara Comm. Cen.7 Babel comm. Cen.30 Babel University Cen5 ALmaaqil Cen.13 Shat Al-Arab Hotel Cen.16 Al-Ashaar Cen.32 Al-Andalus Cen.36 comm. Building Cen.37 Um qussar Cen.63 tech.institute Cen.25 Al-Muthna Comm. Cen.17 Al-Nasiriyah Comm.

28. Internet Dial-up Subscribers

29. After war reconstruction • Development approach :- • 1-Constructing a separate backbone for the Internet company • 2-Solving Telecom problems that are related to Internetserviceswhich include:- • Very limited numbers of E1’s • Damages to many switching centers • Limited Capacity of the operating Switching Centers • Last-Mile problem • Damages to the Towersand the looting of equipment.

30. Current Developments • Prepaid Card Service (Dec 2003) • Zone Division • Upgrading the firewall. • Building a backbone for DSL system • Building a back bone for wireless systems • Liberalization of the Internet service. • Service providers are being licensed.

31. Internet Master plan-Short term • To build internet nodes and additional gateways. • IP network for the 1st time in Iraq. • Expanding access service infrastructure for dial-up and broadband through copper and wireless mediums. • PrivateLicenses for Internet providers under specific conditions

32. Internet Master plan-Long term • Establish major gateway through submarine fibre. • Expand the IP network. • Increase the Internet capabilities to provide service to every home in the cities. • Establish coverage to the rural areas.

33. Celluar Mobile

34. Present Status • Three operators licensed for two year operation each • Each responsible for one of three regions of Iraq for the first year of its operation • Each can expand to cover the whole of Iraq after the first year or after the operator finishes 80% of his roll out plan • - Three national operators in the second year

35. Possibility of issuing a forth Mobile License • After the present licenses extension or re-licensing: • Most likely course of action • More likely to be a 3G license • Normal Competition and bidding process with possible ITPC participation in bidding or , • Government may decide to award the license to ITPC or other government owned company without competition

36. Possibility of issuing a forth Mobile License During the present licenses lifetime Main Argument for this approach: - Required to increase competition and reduce prices to the consumers Main Arguments against this approach: - Market perhaps not big enough for four operators at present – A point that should to be investigated carefully

37. Possibility of issuing a forth Mobile License - Most Countries in the region have lived for a very long time with two operators (some even one) and some are issuing their third licenses just now A careful study of the competitive situation after the first year of the present licenses may give the answer for the need or otherwise of a fourth operator

38. Postal Services

39. The postal offices present the following services at present • Inland & Outland letter service. • Inland & Outland press. • Inland & Outland postal parcel. • Express postal service • Saving Accounts.

40. Postal Services Improvements The requirements for developing the postal activities: • To increase individuals qualifications through training • Presently preparing a development postal master plan that takes into consideration the distribution of postal offices in Iraq with reference to population and areas. • Supplying the postal offices with modern machines and equipment. • Supplying sorting machine system for Baghdad and big cities. • Modernizing the transportation vehicles. • A technical support is needed from qualified people/firms. • Its important to separate the postal sector from the communication sector in order to create opportunities for the development of the sector

41. 1.The postal saving service status in Iraq. • The postal saving services in Iraq act through 246 post office (nation wide) which covers the whole country. out of the above offices 224 office are working manually and only 22 offices working via computerized system. • Post the war and due to high damages and looting the different ITPC premises and network, the computerized saving system have been stopped so that since 9-4-2003 all the saving offices are working manually. • No. of saving customers are 300,000. • Total saving amount 18 billion Iraqi Dinar. • 2. postal saving service requirement • computerizing the saving services in all the saving offices and applying the saving software systems. • Applying the direct connectivity of the saving offices via data transmission network to allow free depositing and withdraws. • Supplying offices with necessary machineries improving the staff level by arranging continuous training program. • Restudying the investment procedures of the saving amounts noting that the saving revenues come from the interest of the save amount at the Rafidain bank

42. Regulatory Commission • 1st draft to establish independent regulatory commission was submitted in Nov. 2003 by the Ministry of Communications. The draft was approved by the IGC in Dec. • Because the sector is under reconstruction, it was proposed that in the interim the commission must have a link with the ministry. • CPA Administrator did not approve this draft but instead passed an order establishing Media and Telecom Commission reporting directly to the Administrator with no apparent link to the Ministry.

43. Challenges • Security: Sabotage- real threat. • Security: Transportation. • Security: Personal-Evening work, women. • Security: Looting- fairly diminished. • Financing: Donations Investment Iraqi budget (Oil dependant) • Restructuring and to liberate the sector in order to achieve: Competitiveness Efficiency Training More jobs and better pay • There are no plans to privatise the public sector companies during thye interim period.

44. FinallyThe Way Forward • To build modern backbone Communication network. • To improve and modernise the access services by encouraging the involvement of the private sector. • To build human capabilities and improve resources by better training and rehabilitation on skills and latest technology