ITPC Organization Internet Organization Director General D G

ITPC Organization

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

ITPC QUALIFICATIO NS Above High School Below High School Total ENGINEERS/TE CHNICIANS 3621 711 395 4727 CLERICAL MANAGEMENT 1340 1098 1033 3471 SKILLED LABOUR 528 1130 3707 5365 NON SKILLED LABOUR 17 58 2032 2107 5506 2997 7167 15670 TOTAL

INTERNET QUALIFICATIONS Above High School Below High School Total ENGINEERS/TEC HNICIANS 220 CLERICAL MANAGEMENT 80 80 SKILLED LABOUR 30 30 NON SKILLED LABOUR 70 70 100 400 TOTAL 300

Landline Subscribers-National

Landline Subscribers-Baghdad

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

Transmission Current Status 1. The optical fiber system which is now working with lower capacity covering the country as shown below in the following diagram The optical fiber through SDH equipments with capacity STM -1, STM - 4, STM -16. 2. The microwave system was damaged during the war and the current plan is to establish new equipments The microwaves. 2. The coaxial cable which existed before the war was extensively damaged and beyond repair and is not justifiable to restore due to alternative services.

Destroyed in war

Station(add/drop) Station(through) details

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

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30 km Duhok Zakho Mosul 2 60 km 80 km L 1 80 km Mosul 1 220 km Erbil L 2 16 channels Bayji 90 km L 3 40 km 120 km 150 km Qaem 160 km Therthar Haditha 70 km Akashat 4 channels Ramadi 4 channels 140 km 160 km Rutba 140 km 60 km Talha Karbala Trebil Baquba 120 km 70 km Faluja 210 km 16 channels 70 km Senk 10 km 130 km Slaymania Kirkuk Samarra 110 km 140 km 170 km Tikrit Mamoon 100 km 50 km Hella 300 km 8 channels 16 channels 80 km 180 km 90 km Diwania Arar Najaf 70 km 100 km Kut Samawa 170 km 110 km Nasyria 16 channels 200 km Ammara 240 km 180 km Basrah 1 70 km Um Qasar 20 km Basrah 2 110 km FAO

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.

• 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.

The International telephone service Prior to the war the international telephone service was carried by : 1. 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. 2. Microwave link with Jordan its capacity was 180 voice circuit. 3. Microwave and coaxial cable were working with Syria of total capacity 220 circuit. 4. 8 VSAT stations of 4 E 1 capacity each. 5. 2 big international transit switching centers located in Baghdad were transiting the international voice traffic. 6. 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. 7. Thruway international mobile phone has been used extensively after the war.

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 24 E 1 in Baghdad to carry the traffic via telestar 12 satellite. Requesting two standard A earth stations of 32 E 1 each 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.

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 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 Cen 23. Al-Rasheed Hotel Cen. 39 Al-Senak Exchange

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. 14 Al-Anbar Comm. Cen. 55 ALfaluja 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. 20 Al-Qadisia Comm. Cen. 6 Karbala Comm. Cen. 53 karbala Unv. Cen. 54 karbala tech. Inst. Cen. 21 An Najaf Comm. Cen. 44 AL-Kufa P. O. Cen. 45 Tech. Institute Cen. 46 Kufa tech. Inst. Cen. 7 Babel comm. Cen. 30 Babel University Cen. 25 Al-Muthna Comm. Cen. 17 Al-Nasiriyah Comm. Cen. 29 Dyala Comm. Cen. 19 Waset Comm. Cen. 18 Al-Amara Comm. Cen 5 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

Internet Dial-up Subscribers

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

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.

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

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.

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

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 3 G 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

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

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

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

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

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

Regulatory Commission • 1 st 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.

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.

Finally The 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