This Iraqi telecommunications conference is being managed by a surviellance technology firm called International Procurement Services . I haven't had much time to dig deeper, but it seems strange that it would be managed by such a firm.
The website for the conference, unlike this e-mail from the US department of Commerce below-- makes no mention of the coming auction of mobile licenses. I think this indicates that these licenses will be owned by these firms. In the discussion of private property going on, this seems like the ultimate understanding of "eminant domain:" ownership via invasion. The statement also mentions that it will be important for whoever "wins" the contracts to have a concern for intellectual property rights. I wonder what this will mean about the development of the Iraqi communications infrastructure. In addition to creating a free market utopia there, perhaps there will be more of an expieriment with the kind of totally controlled infrastructure media corporations desire in this country.
Text of an e-mail yesterday from the US department of commerce:
Mobile Telecommunications Licensing Conference
July 21-22, 2005, London, U.K.
The Iraqi National Communication & Media Commission (NCMC) will
host a mobile licensing conference in July 2005. This event is the pre-cursor to
the mobile license auctions scheduled to be held at the end of 2005, the most
important Iraqi telecommunications project of the year. For more information and
to register for this event, please see the attached event flyer and event
website: http://www.iraqdevelopmentprogram.org/idp/imt/ncmc.htm
. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about Iraq's latest plans for mobile
telecommunications licensing!
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