WORLDWIDE MARKET RESEARCH REPORT - CISE

EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920
Work Package: 6
Type of document: Report
Date: 20.12.2007
File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0
Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 350 / 356
Indonesia general assessment: domestic service fair, international service good.
domestic: interisland microwave system and HF radio police net; domestic satellite
communications system.
international: country code - 62; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and
1 Pacific Ocean).
Iran general assessment: inadequate, but currently being modernized and expanded with
the goal of not only improving the efficiency and increasing the volume of the urban
service but also bringing telephone service to several thousand villages, not presently
connected.
domestic: the addition of new fiber cables and modern switching and exchange
systems installed by Iran's state-owned telecom company have improved and
expanded the main line network greatly; main line availability has more than doubled
to 19 million lines since 1995; additionally, mobile service has increased dramatically
serving some 8.5 million subscribers in 2005.
international: country code - 98; HF radio and microwave radio relay to Turkey,
Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Syria, Kuwait, Tajikistan, and
Uzbekistan; submarine fiber-optic cable to UAE with access to Fiber-Optic Link Around
the Globe (FLAG); Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line runs from Azerbaijan
through the northern portion of Iran to Turkmenistan with expansion to Georgia and
Azerbaijan; satellite earth stations - 9 Intelsat and 4 Inmarsat.
Iraq general assessment: the aftermath of the liberation of Iraq in 2003 severely disrupted
telecommunications throughout Iraq including international connections; USAID
repaired switching capabilities and constructed a mobile and satellite communication
facility; landlines now exceed pre-war levels.
domestic: repairs to switches and lines destroyed during 2003 have been completed,
but sabotage remains a problem; additional switching capacity is improving access;
cellular service is widely available in major cities and centered on 3 regional GSM
networks, improving country-wide connectivity; there are currently 8.7 million users of
cellular services.
international: country code - 964; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean
and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Arabsat
(inoperative); coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and
Turkey; despite a new satellite gateway, international calls outside of Baghdad are
sometimes problematic.
Israel general assessment: most highly developed system in the Middle East although not
the largest.
domestic: good system of coaxial cable and microwave radio relay; all systems are
digital.
international: country code - 972; 3 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3
Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean).
Japan general assessment: excellent domestic and international service.
domestic: high level of modern technology and excellent service of every kind.
international: country code - 81; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Pacific Ocean