Iran, Iraq planning to expand telecommunications cooperation

Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi announced that Tehran and Baghdad have a plan to boost their cooperation and run a joint telecommunications operator.
In a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Kazzem Hassan al-Rashid in Tehran on Sunday, Vaezi voiced his ministry's readiness for establishing a joint telecommunications operator with Iraq to improve roaming quality.
He further added that Iran and Iraq share five sound and data connection points because of their long shared borders.
The two sides also discussed ways for the further expansion of bilateral cooperation on post, post bank, internet, satellite, cell phone and phone.
Last week, a senior Iranian trade official announced that Tehran and Baghdad have considerably increased the volume of their trade exchanges in recent years.
"The value of trade exchanges between Iran and Iraq has reached $12bln now," Head of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce Yahya Al-e Eshaq said, addressing a conference titled 'Iran-Iraq Special Economic and Trade Opportunities' in Tehran at the time.