Korek Telecom
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| Private | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Key people
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Ghada Gebara (CEO), Sirwan Saber Mustafa (Founder) |
| Products | Telecommunications |
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Number of employees
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350 |
| Website | korektel.com |
Korek Telecom is a Kurdish mobile phone operator company in Pirmam, Erbil, Arbil Province, in Iraqi Kurdistan.
It is a "shared limited company registered in Kurdistan to operate and provide GSM services"; its network covers all of Kurdistan and Iraq.[1] Korek Telecom has 350 employees, almost all of whom are Kurds.[2]
In March 2011, France Télécom (now Orange S.A.) acquired a 20% indirect stake in Korek Telecom.[3]
On Jan 1, 2015, Korek launched[4] 3G in Iraq after winning one of the three 3G licenses awarded by Government of Iraq
On Dec 16, 2015, Korek became the first operator in Iraq to launch Free Basics[5] in Iraq in partnership with Internet.org and Facebook
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