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From: jwb@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Jim Breen)
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Subject: Re: Saudi Arabia's Telephone System
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In article <14369@accuvax.nwu.edu>, HWT@bnr.ca (Henry Troup) writes:

> 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.

It sure did; Telecom Australia International. There was a lot of news
about it here as all the dependants of the Australian staff were
evacuated in fear of an Iraki invasion.

> 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.

 From memory there are a lot of Ericcson AXE switches.


Jim Breen ($B?@Ip(J) (jwb@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au) Dept of 
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