MANAMA, 19 January 2005 — Bahrain Telecommunication Company — Batelco — signed a BD9 million agreement with Telecom Italia to provide high-speed leased circuits between Bahrain and Italy for the next three years. The bid included eight leading international telecommunication companies. The contract stipulates that Batelco will provide the leased circuits at a speed of 622 mgbts per second.
“This agreement highlights the status that Batelco enjoys among the world’s leading telecoms companies and, at the same time, helps us to utilize additional capacity generated by the FLAG Telecom project which links Bahrain with the rest of the world through fiber cable technology,” said general manager, sales and marketing at Batelco, Ian Dench. “Batelco’s investment in world-leading technology — combined with our highly trained and expert work force — has paid rich dividends by allowing us to meet the increasing demand for high-tech services such as those set out in this agreement,” said Batelco Chief Executive Tony Hart.
