Etisalat reveals an advanced service soon and comments on raising Internet prices
Etisalat reveals an advanced service soon and comments on raising Internet prices
01/17/2021 15:25
[Baghdad-Where]
The Ministry of Communications announced that it will work to operate an advanced internet service in the country in the coming period.
The ministry’s spokesman, Raad Al-Mashhadani, said, “The ministry expressed its absolute desire in a large press conference that included Arab, Iraqi and international companies, the aim of which is to develop the Internet in Iraq via optical cable in the next stage, and we will open offers and contracts and what we see as appropriate in the least bidding and in modern advanced technology for services.” Internet”.
He explained, “These companies will be subject to the law of the Ministry of Communications and be subject to its control,” noting that “the contract period is 15 years and the years in which subscribers gain as numbers, and these companies, if completed, will be in 15 governorates, with the exception of the provinces of the Kurdistan region,” indicating that “Baghdad has been divided To two, Karkh and Rusafa, for the dense population. ”
Al-Mashhadani said, “If the optical cable is activated and entered into homes, encrypted channels will be opened on TV and games, and the Internet will be broadcast without [Nano] and without [Bluetooth]. This is a modern and advanced technology that is sought and announced in a press conference during the past two weeks.”
He continued, “A statement has been issued regarding raising the prices of Internet cards, and that the Iraqi Ministry of Communications does not deal in the dollar, but rather in the local area, and any increase is against the law by the owners of the towers and companies that contract with the Ministry of Communications,” noting that “we have mentioned more than once any citizen in any region. Internet prices are rising. The Ministry of Communications is reporting when complaints are served to citizens at the Ministry of Communications.
The Ministry of Communications had denied earlier, the rise in Internet prices to what was previously relied upon after the rise of the dollar against the dinar.
Citizens said that they paid a subscription of 35 thousand dinars for the monthly package after it was 30 thousand dinars during 2020, and upon discussion of the owner of the tower, he claimed that there was an increase in the subscription of companies that supply him with Internet capacity due to the high value of the dollar against the dinar.
Others said that the monthly Internet subscription rate was raised by the owner of the tower for a package of 40 thousand dinars to 45 thousand dinars during January, most likely due to the increase in the value of the dollar against the dinar.
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