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 1 RTf  02/12 0639  Qatar to sign GSM deal with British Telecom,others





RTf  02/12 0639  Qatar to sign GSM deal with British Telecom,others



    DUBAI, Feb 12 (Reuter) - Qatar plans to sign agreements with countries that

use the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), which will be launched in

the Gulf Arab state on February 22, officials said.

    The Qatar news agency quoted the marketing manager of the Qatar Public

Telecommunications Corporation (Qtel), Hashem Mustafawi, as saying an agreement

will be signed soon with British Telecom <BT.L> to enable Qatari GMS subscribers

to use the system in Britain. He did not name the other countries.

    Qatar and Motorola Inc <MOT.N> are due to launch the GSM system on February

22, the first in the Middle East.

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 1 RTf  02/12 0639  Qatar to sign GSM deal with British Telecom,others





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