Afghan Wireless Launches GSM Mobile Service in Key City of Herat; New communications infrastructure to play pivotal role in Afghanistan's long-term economic revival.Business/Technology Editors HERAT, Afghanistan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2002 The 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. Communication Company (AWCC AWCC Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission AWCC Afghan Wireless Communication Company AWCC Association of Wisconsin Cleaning Contractors AWCC Active Well Coincidence Counter AWCC Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center ) today announced the launch of its mobile GSM telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. in Herat, one of Afghanistan's key commercial and economic centers. The marks the second major city launch of a country wide roll-out program initiated in Kabul in April, by Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (Persian and Pashto: حامد کرزي) (b. December 24, 1957) is the current President of Afghanistan, since December 7, 2004. He became the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime. , President of the Transitional Islamic Government of Afghanistan. The launch of GSM mobile telecommunications services in Herat, with national and international connectivity utilizing the national country code (+93), is regarded both politically and economically as one of the most important phases of the roll-out program, in part because of the city's key strategic geographical position on the old silk road. AWCC's telecommunication services are playing a pivotal role in the commercial and economic revival of the whole country. The availability of communications services in Afghanistan is attracting Afghan emigres from the region, Europe and the United States who fled the country during the last two decades of conflict, easing their return to Afghanistan to help rebuild their homeland. To accommodate the local languages and the expatriate community, AWCC has implemented customer services in Dari, Pashtu and English. Demand for pay-as-you-go mobile in Kabul continues to be significant. Interest in Herat is also high, as shown by the many who have subscribed to the service prior to the launch. AWCC's deployment of service is acknowledged to be the fastest GSM service roll-out in a developing country - start to first call in seven weeks. AWCC has been working in partnership with Afghanistan's Ministry of Communications to provide Afghans with national and international mobile calling, voicemail, SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. text messaging and data services as well as Internet access. Ehsan Bayat, an Afghan emigre and AWCC's founder, said, "I believe that a telecommunications system is the cornerstone for economic development in a country that has been ravaged rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. by war. AWCC is committed to doing its part, today and in the future, to help bring the economy back to its feet." Notes to editors: About AWCC: The Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) provides wireless voice and data services with national and international connectivity and is a joint venture between Telephone Systems International Inc. (TSIntl), a U.S. registered and privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. 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, and the Ministry of Communications of the Afghan government. In April 2002 AWCC became Afghanistan's first mobile communications service provider A Communications Service Provider or CSP is a company that transports information electronically. The term encompasses public and private companies in the wireline, wireless, Internet, cable, satellite, and managed services businesses. based on GSM technology. TSIntl was founded by the vision and commitment of TSIntl's President, Ehsan Bayat, an Afghan emigre who left his homeland for the US in 1980. For more information, please visit www.afghanwireless.com For further information, please contact: |
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