Afghan Wireless Launches GSM Mobile Service in Kandahar, Afghanistan's Second Largest City.Business Editors KANDAHAR, Afghanistan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002 On 29 November, 2002, Afghan Wireless Afghan Wireless is the name of a cellcular service provider in Afghanistan. The company provides wireless voice and data services with national and international connectivity. Communications Company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. (Afghan Wireless) announced the launch of mobile GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. voice service in Afghanistan's second largest city, Kandahar. This is Afghan Wireless' fourth key city launch in Afghanistan, another milestone of achievement in Afghan Wireless' plan to be the first to provide nationwide telecommunications services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. for the Afghan people in a country left decimated by war. Afghan Wireless initially launched GSM mobile service in Kabul in April of 2002. Since then Afghan Wireless has continued to invest in its GSM network, deploying service in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-i-Sherif and now Kandahar. Jalabad will be the next key city in which Afghan Wireless GSM mobile service will be activated. The launch ceremony, held in the Kandahar Municipal Co-operation Hall in the center of the city, featured the Deputy Governor of Kandahar, the Managing Director of Afghan Wireless, representatives of Telephone Systems International (TSl), and the Ministry of Communications of Afghanistan. The inaugural Kandahar mobile call was successfully initiated in Kabul by Marshal An English word that means to arrange into a particular order as a means of preparation. See data marshalling. Fahim, Vice President and Minister of Defense, and received by Deputy Governor Mohammad Shuaib Wafa in Kandahar. Afghan Wireless provides international connectivity and roaming The ability to use a communications device such as a cellphone or PDA and be able to move from one cell or access point to another without losing the connection. service between the key cities of Kabul, Herat, Mazar-i-Sherif, and now Kandahar. Additionally, Afghan Wireless provides internet connectivity in Kabul, and has plans for deploying data services throughout the nation. Ehsan Bayat, Chairman for Afghan Wireless, sent a message of good will to those attending the launch ceremony and stated: "The mission of Afghan Wireless is to connect Afghanistan with the outside world as well as to provide a window for the outside world into Afghanistan. Today's launch of service in Kandahar is another step in our commitment to providing world-class telecommunications service for the Afghan people." Notes to editors: About Afghan Wireless: In Afghanistan, Telephone Systems International Inc. (TSI TSI Total Solar Irradiance (sum solar light in energy per unit of time) TSI Trading Standards Institute (UK) TSI Transportation Safety Institute (US DOT) ) provides wireless GSM voice service with national and international connectivity through Afghan Wireless Communications Company, a joint venture founded in 1998 between TSIntl and the Ministry of Communications of the Afghan government. TSl is headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY. For more information, please visit www.afghanwireless.com; www.telsysint.com |
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