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Efforts to adopt the establishment of an Iraqi satellite
On: Sat 12/17/2011 6:57
□ Baghdad / follow-up term economic
held the Ministry of Communications held a joint meeting with the media and communications to discuss a range of issues related to Iraq's rights in space communications, and identification and reservation of satellite orbits, launching satellites, and measures to be taken in accordance with the instructions of the International Telecommunication Union of the (ITU).
The site of the Ministry of Communications said the meeting included a presentation by an expert engineer, Dr. Muhannad Jawad, a specialist in the field of satellites.
The attendance at the end of the meeting on the need to focus efforts and to develop ideas, to Iraq's possession of the satellite space as soon as possible.
and already noted by the independent press last month to the importance of Iraq's possession of a satellite of its own by inviting some of the specialists and workers in the field of broadcasting and communications satellite to adopt the idea of establishing a satellite in Iraq can contribute by many sectors, the most prominent government such as the Ministries of Defense and Interior, communications, industry, environment, private sector companies and satellite TV.
It quoted Ashraf paint of the group over the Rafidain specialized consultancy in the field of information technology r, gi side achieved the economic and financial resources is not the most important aspect in the project if we look at it from a wider angle. Indeed, the level of progress a country has measured the evolution of communication system in which, and how to invest this system properly and in all fields.
He said the paint that the cost of buying satellite ranging between 300 to 500 million dollars, this amount could be offset by two or three years through contributions to Monthly paid by the satellite to allow it to broadcast on certain frequencies.
He can also cover the cost of purchase of imports of the Commission, noting that the media and communications resources of a fixed monthly up to $ 40 million of the participation rates with mobile phone companies, where 18% of imports Zine and 15% of imports Asiacell and Korek and 32% of imports of the two Itisaluna and words not to mention the wages of satellite channels TV Iraq as well as other resources.
The lot of space stations of Iraq, scattered on the moons of (foreign) are different, and should be embraced within the satellite local organized and cut out a lot of effort and money as the number of satellite channels owned by the Iraqis, or that are subject to an Iraqi administration, according to unofficial statistics, up to the limits of (56) satellite.
As up the cost of renting space broadcast to five million dollars a year, this means that the volume of Iraqi spending on satellite broadcasting up to the limits (280) million in the year.
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