RE: [ncc-regional-middle-east] Peering

["Fahad AlShirawi" <]

The current problem facing Gateway Gulf (I believe this is true but ask
Ahmad, don't take my word for it), is that they couldn't cut a reasonable
deal with Flag that does not involve Batelco. Still, they are in the process
of licensing in Oman as well. That might work out better for them.


Fahad.


-----Original Message-----
From: ncc-regional-middle-east-admin@localhost
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] On Behalf Of Bill Woodcock
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 4:15 AM
To: Kais Al-Essa
Subject: Re: [ncc-regional-middle-east] Peering

      On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Kais Al-Essa wrote:
    > During the meeting, I didn't see any single initiative about a peering
    > project in the Gulf.

I don't know of anything substantive in the gulf.  There's the Gateway 
Gulf project, but it seems to have stalled out.

In the region more generally, there's an I near completion in Beirut.  
There's the long-established on in Cairo.  And there are small ones in 
Cyprus and Tel Aviv, if you consider them "in region."  The Afghanis have 
been on the verge of getting one going in Kabul for a while.  

                                -Bill