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	Wired News: Cautious Kabul Dabbles With Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Afghan Wireless is a joint venture between U.S.-based Telephone Systems International and the Afghan Ministry of Communications.
		Afghan Wireless initially created the Internet connection for the media swarms staying at the hotel to cover the loya jirga, or grand assembly, which chose the country's transitional government in June.
		Afghan Wireless is the only reliable telecommunication system in the country, where regular phone lines were decimated by 23 years of civil war and scavengers stripping copper from the cables.
	www.wired.com /news/print/0,1294,54285,00.html (489 words)

	Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) connecting Afghanistan
		Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) is the product of founder Ehsan Bayat's mission to reconnect Afghanistan with the wider world.
		Afghan Wireless is now the largest provider of telecommunications services in Afghanistan, with GSM mobile networks in 17 Afghan cities: Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif, and Jalalabad are just a few.
		Afghan Wireless is licensed to provide GSM service nationally until 2018.
	www.afghan-wireless-store.com (188 words)

	Afghanistan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Afghanistan
		In 1987 the Afghan government announced a unilateral ceasefire and a new multiparty Islamic constitution was ratified in an attempt to promote ‘national reconciliation’.
		In August 1998, the USA launched Cruise missile strikes against the Afghan base of Osama bin Laden, an exiled Saudi suspected of involvement in the bombing of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
		Hundreds of thousands of Afghans were displaced by the fighting between the Taliban and its opponents, and in November 2000, Pakistan closed its border with Afghanistan to prevent a further influx of refugees fleeing war and a famine that threatened over a million lives.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Afghanistan (3182 words)

	Afghan Wireless Communication Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Afghan Wireless Communication Company provides wireless voice and data services with national and international connectivity in Afghanistan.
		It is a joint venture between Telephone Systems International in the United States and the Afghan Ministry of Communications.
		The company currently provides GSM services in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-i-sharif and Kandahar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afghan_Wireless_Communication_Company (84 words)

	Afghan Phone Links Are an American Legacy
		The system is operated by the Afghan Wireless Communication Company, which grew out of a venture between the Afghan Ministry of Communications, controlled by the Taliban, and Telephone Systems International of Mount Olive, N.J. Afghan Wireless provides service in the Afghan capital Kabul and the city of Kandahar, the Taliban's political base in the south.
		Afghan Wireless, which is now entirely controlled by officials in Kabul linked to the Taliban, continues to provide local, long distance and international calling services, according to a report by Pyramid Research, a company in Cambridge, Mass., that focuses on telecommunications in developing countries.
		The survival of Afghan Wireless may suggest that its system, which provides a much-needed telecommunications link between Afghanistan and the rest of the world, is also of importance to the United States.
	www.globalsecurity.org /org/news/2001/011112-attack01.htm (986 words)

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		This payment to the Ministry is one of the terms of the wireless service license awarded to Afghan Wireless in July.
		AWCC has also embarked on an aggressive program to improve its coverage and service by signing a contract with Siemens, valued at over $ 16 million,This contract provides for state-of-the-art GSM network equipment and support services to the company to upgrade its existing network.
		Afghan Wireless is looking forward to the arrival this September of its newly purchased Siemens GSM wireless switches, which will enable Afghan Wireless to serve up to 100,000 subscribers in Kabul, Jalalabad and Parwan, in addition to its subscribers in Herat and Kandahar.
	www.afghanwireless.com /news/PR_AWCC_payment_090903.htm (380 words)

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		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.
		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.
		AWCC has been working in partnership with Afghanistan's Ministry of Communications to provide Afghans with national and international mobile calling, voicemail, SMS text messaging and data services as well as Internet access.
	www.panapress.com /newswire.asp?code=628 (455 words)

	Telephone Systems International - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Founded by Afghan-American entrepreneur Ehsan Bayat, Telephone Systems International is a U.S.-based provider of international telecommunications services.
		TSI operates the Afghan Wireless Communication Company in a joint venture with the Afghan Ministry of Communications.
		This article about a telecommunications corporation or company is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Telephone_Systems_International (79 words)

	Afghanistan: A Digital Silk Road - Worldpress.org
		Today, through the extraordinary efforts of the Afghan Wireless Communication Company and its parent company, Telephone Systems International (TSI), more than 300,000 citizens subscribe to the Afghan wireless network, with coverage in twenty cities and an additional twenty cities slated for service by the end of the summer.
		It was crucial that the ability to communicate be one of the first infrastructure problems addressed by the new government.
		The acute penetration of wireless technology in Afghanistan, and the reach of its media, will be an advantage in the region as communication systems are integrated.
	www.worldpress.org /print_article.cfm?article_id=2197&dont=yes (780 words)

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		At the Afghan Wireless Communication Company's desk in central Kabul, a scrum of men, jostling, shouting and pleading for mobile phones, is testament to the enthusiasm of Afghans to leap from the telecommunications stone age to the satellite age.
		Manoel de Almeida e Silva, the spokesman for the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, said rebuilding Afghan communications was a vital part of the reconstruction process.
		The speed at which new communications technologies were put in place in Afghanistan had surprised him, but this demonstrated the entrepreneurship and initiative of Afghans, he said.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=32139&SelectRegion=Central_Asia&SelectCountry=AFGHANISTAN (1067 words)

	Smart Mobs: Afghanistan goes wireless
		Posted by Bryan at 08:00 AM Afghanistan is turning to a New Zealand company to get wireless communication going, partly to jumpstart a telecommunications sector wrecked by decades of war.
		The Afghan Wireless Communication Company is using a mix of satellites and pre-paid calling cards to expand the user base.
		Wireless technology is the cheapest and easiest means of connecting the country to the outside world.
	www.smartmobs.com /archive/2002/12/02/afghanistan_goe.html (532 words)

	AWCC: Employment Opportunities in Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		AWCC is a joint venture formed between a Group of International Investors and the Afghan Ministry of Communications to provide GSM, trunk and international communications, Internet Services and WLL throughout Afghanistan.
		The company can now implement its ambitious expansion plan in each of these areas and is seeking applications for a number of positions.
		AWCC is seeking applications from experienced people who have an interest in contributing in a wider sense to Afghanistan's reconstruction and is particularly interested in applications from Afghans.
	www.afghan-web.com /ad/awcc (1174 words)

	Wireless News: Afghan GMS Network
		August 19, 2002 – The Afghan city of Herat is now part of the new GSM network launched in April by the Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC).
		The launch of GSM mobile telecommunications services in Herat, located near the Afghan border with Iran, is regarded, both politically and economically, to be an important phase of the roll-out program, "in part because of the city's key strategic geographical position on the old silk road," according to the AWCC.
		AWCC is a joint venture between Telephone Systems International Inc. (TSIntl), a U.S. registered and privately held company headquartered in New York, NY, and the Ministry of Communications of the Afghan government.
	www.10meters.com /herat_gms.html (336 words)

	Print Article: Afghans' next big adventure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Now, thanks to the Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC), which this year established Afghanistan's first mobile phone system, a fledgling Internet network is being set up across the capital.
		AWCC engineers are installing equipment that will offer relatively cheap, unlimited access to high-speed data exchange.
		Although the service is limited to Kabul, AWCC plans to expand to the cities of Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahar and Jalalabad and then to other parts of the country.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2002/10/07/1033538892273.html (394 words)

	More cell-phone companies to get licenses in Afghanistan
		Al-Kozay, National Kam International, Watan Mobile Company, and two firms from Germany and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are ready to launch operations in Afghanistan, where Roshan and the Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) are already active.
		Companies with more experience, resources, expertise in the field and readiness to pay greater profit shares to the government would be allowed to operate, he continued, hoping the step would increase domestic revenue besides spurring competition among entrepreneurs.
		The AWCC and Roshan had paid $16 million to the government, but the revenues would touch $50 million with the arrival of more companies over the next five years, the minister reckoned.
	www.kashar.net /complete.asp?id=2043 (246 words)

	Wireless LANS: Phooey To 3G \| NetStumbler.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The industry that provides wireless local area networks -- which give users wireless access to the Internet in public locations such as libraries, airports and coffee shops -- is becoming a crowded one.
		According to Clarin.com, Afghan Wireless is currently testing a GSM network, which is the most common cellular network in the world.
		This summer, the wireless carrier is expected to launch high-speed mobile networks that deliver data at up to 144 Kbps on a mobile phone and make it possible for people to send pictures with text messages.
	www.netstumbler.com /2002/03/01/wireless_lans_phooey_to_3g (900 words)

	AFGHANISTAN: LOGGING ON TO THE INTERNET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Now, thanks to the Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC), which earlier this year established the country’s first mobile phone system, a fledgling Internet network is being set up across the capital.
		AWCC engineers are currently working flat out across Kabul, installing equipment that will offer relatively cheap, unlimited access to high-speed data exchange and finally establish Afghanistan’s presence on the virtual map.
		The 70 million dollars being spent on Afghanistan’s telecommunication infrastructure by TSI, owned by Afghan expatriate Eshan Bayat, is believed to be the largest private investment in the country’s history.
	www.mmorning.com /article.asp?Article=4557&CategoryID=6 (467 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Kabul's cyber cafe culture
		Started by an Afghan living in New York, Ehsan Bayat, AWCC is the country's only GSM mobile phone network and launched the country's first cyber cafe last year at the Kabul Intercontinental.
		Afghans access the net through a wireless broadband system which actually means high-capacity lines and faster connections.
		The eight terminals are all occupied and 10 Afghans wait patiently for their turn, squeezed on to a wooden bench.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/2987270.stm (977 words)

	e-Ariana - Todays Afghan News
		Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Afghan Communication Minister Amirzai Sangeen said 150 booths had been set up in busy markets while the rest in populated areas of the city.
		The telephone booths, made by the German giant Siemens, were purchased for two hundred thousand dollars by the government and installed by a private Afghan company.
		The calling-booth system has been operationalised at a time when two private mobile companies - Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) and Roshan - are doing a roaring business in the country, despite service imperfections and flaws.
	www.e-ariana.com /ariana/eariana.nsf/allDocs/C44CE6067FA347A78725705A00504283?OpenDocument (308 words)

	Afghanistan logs on to Internet revolution
		Now, thanks to the Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC), which earlier this year established Afghanistan's first mobile phone system, a fledgling Internet network is being set up across the capital.
		AWCC engineers are currently working flat out across Kabul, installing equipment which will offer relatively cheap, unlimited access to high speed data exchange and finally establish Afghanistan's presence on the virtual map.
		Although the service is currently limited to Kabul, AWCC has plans to expand initially to the major cities of Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahar and Jalalabad and then to other parts of the country.
	www.namibian.com.na /2002/september/world/0287D62969.html (638 words)

	The Hacker Potential of Al-Qaeda by Christopher McComas
		The Afghan Wireless Communications Company has recently finished construction of a 3.7-meter satellite antenna and all associated switching equipment to bring Afghanistan on to the international telephone system.
		(Afghan Wireless Communication Company) With telephone conductivity the terrorists now have a medium to communicate with each other over long distances.
		First, the Internet has become a forum for terrorist groups and individual terrorists both to spread their messages of hate and violence and to communicate with one another and with sympathizers.
	www.nyu.edu /classes/keefer/joe/mccom1.html (3988 words)

	Wired News: Wireless LANS: Phooey to 3G (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		So many companies are putting up wireless LANs that a recent report by investment research firm ARCchart found that WLAN providers could pose a risk to the success of next-generation (3G) wireless operators.
		Cell phone service in Afghanistan: The war-torn country's wireless service provider, Afghan Wireless Communication Company, said it would offer cellular phone service in the capital of Kabul at the end of March, Spanish-language news site Clarin.com reported.
		Wireless postcards: By the end of this year, Sprint PCS (PCS) plans to give subscribers the capability to send and receive pictures on their cell phones.
	www.wired.com /news/wireless/0,1382,50689,00.html (688 words)

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		AWCC managing director Gavin Jeffery describes the launch of the new phone system as a crucial step toward rebuilding the Afghan economy through better communications and access to information.
		The schedule contained in the AWCC business plan calls for Jalalabad to be hooked up to the network in May and linkups in three other Afghan cities to be available by the end of this year.
		Authorities at the Afghan National Bank are now struggling to modernize their banking system without the ability to connect computers to the outside world.
	www.rferl.org /features/2002/04/08042002095639.asp (1149 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| Mobiles to leapfrog into the future
		One of the things helping developing countries to rapidly close the communications gap with the West is the mobile phone.
		Wireless technologies like this offer a quick and cheap way to leapfrog the messy and expensive business of building physical telephone networks.
		Wireless communications networks are rapidly spreading where hardwired networks have been slow to grow.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/technology/2287913.stm (492 words)

	[Cyberclub] Afghans get wired in shift to 21st century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Last Updated: July 23 2002 21:26 graphic On the fifth floor of Kabul's only skyscraper, Masoom Stanakzai, the newly appointed minister of communications, lays out his vision for transforming Afghanistan from a medieval Taliban theocracy where television was banned into a wired nexus of global communication.
		Communications has been the only target of foreign investment in Afghanistan so far this year.
		Suddenly Afghans who could not call long distance six months ago are in touch with relatives in Germany and the US.
	lists.isb.sdnpk.org /pipermail/cyberclub/2002-July/002735.html (723 words)

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