tcora@pica.army.mil (Tom Coradeschi) (03/03/91)
That was the headline above a short blurb in today's (28 Feb 91) Newark, NJ {Star-Ledger}. The story read: America Telephone & Telegraph will re-establish long-distance telephone service with Kuwait by the weekend, the company said yesterday. In cooperation with the Kuwait Ministry of Communications, AT&T will be setting up long-distance equipment for the first time since the Iraqi invasion in August. A spokesman for the communications giant said it was moving a portable satellite earth station and electronics equipment from Saudi Arabia to Kuwait City and expected it to be installed and operating by the weekend. The first long-distance service will be via 120 lines on telephones to be installed at a site designated by the Ministry of Communications, an AT&T spokesman said. The company and the Kuwait government also are discussing ways to restore ground communications within the war-ravaged country. As a side note, an article in yesterday's {Wall Street Journal} discusses the heated (frenzied!) bidding for contracts to rebuild the infrastructure within Kuwait. AT&T is certainly not the only firm looking for work there. tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil <+> tcora@dacth01.bitnet