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Al-Sard Telecommunications Company

Investment licence of the National Investment Commission, for the project: Laying of optical fibre cable and provision of an international transit service through neighbouring countries.

شركة السرد للاتصالات

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Legal status

Not charged as of the date of writing

Not charged as of the date of writing. No court case, Integrity Commission or audit-bureau finding, licence withdrawal, sanctions designation or credible press accusation naming the company was found in the sources read (status as of 5 October 2026). The search of public sources is not complete.

The search of public sources on this licensee is not yet complete.

The licence as listed

The list of licensed projects of the National Investment Commission.
Licensing body
National Investment Commission
Licence number
28/2011
Date of grant
14 April 2011
Sector
Telecommunications
Project
Laying of optical fibre cable and provision of an international transit service through neighbouring countries
مد القابلو الضوئي وتقديم خدمة العبور الدولي عبر دول الجوار
Licensee
شركة السرد للاتصالات (Iraqi)
Province
Kurdistan Region
Location
إقليم كوردستان
Stated cost
$246.9 million
State of the project
Completed (100% complete)

Who is behind the licensee

company

The owners and managers were not identified in the sources that were read.

What official and press reports say

Official findings
None found in the sources read.
What became of the project
NIC licence 28/2011 of 14 April 2011 to lay fibre-optic cable and provide international transit service through neighbouring countries (مد القابلو الضوئي وتقديم خدمة العبور الدولي عبر دول الجوار), location given as the Kurdistan Region, stated cost USD 246,892,979. The register records the completion rate as 1, which the site reads as complete. No independent source on the cable or the transit service was found in the sources read.
Other contracts with the state
None found in the sources read.