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From: HWT@bnr.ca (Henry Troup)
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Subject: Re: Saudi Arabia's Telephone System
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Mike Doughney writes:

> It almost looks like American workers had a hand in its production;
 
Bell Canada built and used to operate the Saudi phone system, on
contract for the government.  I think that the latest operations
contract went to someone else.
 
So the central office switches will be a mix of 1-ESS and DMS-100/200,
as my memory of the Saudi connection is that it goes back twenty years
or so.