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09/13/2004:

"French telecom wins Libya deal"

10 September - France's principal telecom services provider, Alcatel, has won a US$ 100 million contract to provide Libya with an updated mobile services network. Almost the entire vast Libyan territory is to be covered by the new infrastructure by 2005. The Libya contract also constitutes a major UMTS deployment in Africa.

Full Article : afrol.com