Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Telecommunications: Hamas proposes connecting to Egypt

The Hamas-led Palestinian government is considering connecting the Gaza Strip to Egypt's telecommunications network.

Communications and technology minister Jamal al-Khodari, told MENA news agency, "In the context of the separation from Israel, we are looking with Egypt into the possibility of connecting Gaza to the Egyptian telecommunication network".

He explained, "We are currently linked to the Israeli network and, when we call abroad, we have to go through the Israeli network before reaching the desired country, which is very costly".