Korek
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Korek Telecom is a Kurdish
mobile phone
operator company in Pirmam, Erbil, in the north of Iraq
. It is a shared limited company registered in Iraq
to operate and provide GSM service in the capital of Kurdistan, Erbil
and province of Duhok. Korek Telecom has 350 employees, almost all Kurds.
In 2000 the Ministry of Telecommunications in Kurdistan Region granted Korek Telecom a 5 year exclusive GSM mobile license to operate a mobile network in the region covered by the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan
(Erbil
) and the province Duhok.
In 17 August 2007, Korek Telecom was awarded one of the three Iraqi Mobile Licenses to providing mobile telephony services covering the whole of Iraq
.
Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan or Kurdistan Region is an autonomous region of Iraq. It borders Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the south. The regional capital is Arbil, known in Kurdish as Hewlêr...
mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
operator company in Pirmam, Erbil, in the north of Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. It is a shared limited company registered in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
to operate and provide GSM service in the capital of Kurdistan, Erbil
Arbil
Arbil / Hewlêr is the fourth largest city in Iraq after Baghdad, Basra and Mosul...
and province of Duhok. Korek Telecom has 350 employees, almost all Kurds.
In 2000 the Ministry of Telecommunications in Kurdistan Region granted Korek Telecom a 5 year exclusive GSM mobile license to operate a mobile network in the region covered by the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan or Kurdistan Region is an autonomous region of Iraq. It borders Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the south. The regional capital is Arbil, known in Kurdish as Hewlêr...
(Erbil
Arbil
Arbil / Hewlêr is the fourth largest city in Iraq after Baghdad, Basra and Mosul...
) and the province Duhok.
In 17 August 2007, Korek Telecom was awarded one of the three Iraqi Mobile Licenses to providing mobile telephony services covering the whole of Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
.
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