Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Iraqi Bidding Deadline Extended to August 21

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:47:39 -0400

Iraqi Bidding Deadline Extended to August 21

The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq has extended the bidding deadline for three mobile
telephone licenses to August 21. The extension, which is nine days later than
originally planned, was announced on the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA)
website announced on Monday. The extension comes in light of several requests made
by the companies applying for the bid. The CPA hopes to award the contracts by
early September to ensure a rapid rollout across the country.

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Coalition extends bidding deadline for Iraqi mobile
phone service
Mon Aug 4, 3:21 PM ET

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BAGHDAD (AFP) - The bidding deadline for three mobile telephone licenses in Iraq
(news - web sites) has been extended nine days to August 21, the US-led coalition
in charge of rebuilding the war-battered country said.
A brief message on the Coalition Provisional
Authority (CPA) website announced the
nine-day extension by Darrell Trent, the CPA's
senior advisor to the ministry of transport and
communication.

The companies applying for the bid requested
the extension, explained an official of the
US-led coalition on condition of anonymity,
stressing the CPA welcomed their input.

The CPA last month invited companies to
submit bids by August 12 for licenses to
provide wireless (news - web sites) cellphone
service in three Iraqi regions.

The licenses will be valid for only 24 months in
order not to tie the hands of any future Iraqi
government.

Several hundred companies attended a bidders'
conference in Amman on Thursday to learn
more about the criteria governing the bids.

In a move that could hamper Middle East
companies' access to the Iraqi market, the
licenses will not be awarded to
government-owned firms, although they may
participate in consortia with other private
companies.

US authorities said they hope to award the
contracts by early September to ensure a rapid
roll-out across the country.

Iraq already has about 320 cellphone towers,
many built by a Chinese joint venture, but it had
no mobile phone system before the war to oust
Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) launched
in March.

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