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France Telecom takes stake in Iraq

France Telecom will form a joint venture with logistics company and investment partner Agility

France Telecom has finally confirmed rumours that have been circling since December, announcing plans to take a sizeable stake in Iraqi mobile operator Korek Telecom.

New best friends

Anyone over here in the UK keeping an eye on the new Tory-LibDem coalition government in anticipation of its likely approach to the communications sector would have been interested to see this week that new Prime Minister David Cameron’s first order of the day was to ban mobile phones from cabinet meetings. The Informer has no idea what kind of usage Cameron fears would interrupt his weekly governmental chinwags; perhaps he’s worried that his new deputy will forever be tweeting about electoral reform.

Motorola wins managed services contract in Iraq

Motorola wins managed services contract in Iraq

Struggling US vendor Motorola said Tuesday that it has been awarded a managed services contract by Zain Iraq.