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Telephone Service Repair to Begin at the Al-Mamoun Telephone Exchange
Baghdad, Iraq
October 2003
The Al-Mamoun telephone exchange will restore telephone services to approximately 30,000 subscribers. Al-Mamoun is one of 12 telephone exchanges in the Baghdad region which were destroyed in the recent conflict. USAID partner Bechtel and the Coalition Provisional Authority are working with the Iraqi Telephone and Postal Company to restore landline telephone service and provide international telephone service. The first international telephone call through the new Al-Mamoun exchange occurred on October 23, 2003.
The Al-Mamoun Telephone Exchange where repair work will restore telephone services to approximately 30,000 subscribers. Al-Mamoun is one of 12 telephone exchanges in the Baghdad region which were deystroyed in the recent conflict. USAID partner Bechtel is working with the Iraqi Telephone and Postal Company to restore landline telephone service and provide a gateway for international telephone service. Workers run cables to the new switching station.
The Al-Mamoun Telephone Exchange where repair work will restore telephone services to approximately 30,000 subscribers. Al-Mamoun is one of 12 telephone exchanges in the Baghdad region which were deystroyed in the recent conflict. USAID partner Bechtel is working with the Iraqi Telephone and Postal Company to restore landline telephone service and provide a gateway for international telephone service. Iraqi workers begin to splice cables into the new exchange. The first international telephone call through the new Al-Mamoun exchange is scheduled for 23 October, 2003.
The Al-Mamoun Telephone Exchange where repair work that will restore telephone services to approximately 30,000 subscribers. Al-Mamoun is one of 12 telephone exchanges in the Baghdad region which were deystroyed in the recent conflict. USAID partner Bechtel is working with the Iraqi Telephone and Postal Company to restore landline telephone service and provide a gatewy for international telephone service. The trailers in foreground will replace switching equipment formerly housed in the damaged building in the background.
Underground cables have been spliced at the Al-Mamoun Telephone Exchange where repair work will restore telephone services to approximately 30,000 subscribers. Al-Mamoun is one of 12 telephone exchanges in the Baghdad region which were deystroyed in the recent conflict. USAID partner Bechtel is working with the Iraqi Telephone and Postal Company to restore landline telephone service and provide a gateway for international telephone service. Iraqi workers begin to splice cables into the new exchange. The first international telephone call through the new Al-Mamoun exchange is scheduled for 23 October, 2003.
Six huge generators were looted from this site at the Al-Mamoun Telephone Exchange where repair work will restore telephone services to approximately 30,000 subscribers. Al-Mamoun is one of 12 telephone exchanges in the Baghdad region which were deystroyed in the recent conflict. USAID partner Bechtel is working with the Iraqi Telephone and Postal Company to restore landline telephone service and provide a gateway for international telephone service. Iraqi workers begin to splice cables into the new exchange. The first international telephone call through the new Al-Mamoun exchange is scheduled for 23 October, 2003.
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The Al-Mamoun Telephone Exchange where repair work will restore telephone services to approximately 30,000 subscribers. Al-Mamoun is one of 12 telephone exchanges in the Baghdad region which were deystroyed in the recent conflict. USAID partner Bechtel is working with the Iraqi Telephone and Postal Company to restore landline telephone service and provide a gateway for international telephone service. Workers run cables to the new switching station.
Photo: Thomas Hartwell

Baghdad, Iraq, October 2003 - The Al-Mamoun Telephone Exchange where repair work will restore telephone services to approximately 30,000 subscribers. Al-Mamoun is one of 12 telephone exchanges in the Baghdad region which were deystroyed in the recent conflict. USAID partner Bechtel is working with the Iraqi Telephone and Postal Company to restore landline telephone service and provide a gateway for international telephone service. Workers run cables to the new switching station.

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