1999 headquarters sulaimaniyah iraqi kurdistan key people faruk mustafa rasool managing director products telecommunications slogan brings us together website http www.asiacell.com asiacell telecom company is a kurdish telecommunications company that offers mobile phone services and mobile internet mainly in iraq . 1 contents 1 history 2 products & service 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit asiacell the first mobile telecommunications company in iraq was established in the city of sulaymaniyah in 1999 . asiacell began its first commercial operations in 2000 . in october 2003 asiacell was granted a two year gsm license for the six northern provinces of iraq catering in the process to a wider client base who collectively shared a need for a quality mobile network . the license was extended in 2005 to cover the entirety of the iraqi republic . consequently today it is the only telecom network to provide coverage nationwide . in august 2007 asiacell bid and won a 15 year national license becoming the gsm telecom operator with the largest long term network coverage in the country . the company s breakthrough successes have naturally led to its expansion and growth thereby quickly reaching almost 2000 employees . the famous kurdish singer chopy fatah became the cultural ambassador of the company in 2008 . to handle new business operations asiacell also simultaneously established new executive offices in baghdad mosul and other major cities in iraq today the company caters to more than 9.1 million subscribers around the country . citation needed on february 2 2013 asiacell went public offering 25 % of its equity in an ipo that was considered the largest in the meana region since 2008 . in april 2015 kadim al sahir the legend of arabic music became representative of the brand . products & service edit asiacell the first mobile telecommunications company in kurdistan and iraq was established in the city of sulaymaniyah in 1999 by kurdish businessman faruk rasool asiacell began its first commercial operations in 2000 . in october 2003 asiacell was granted a two year gsm license for the six northern provinces of iraq catering in the process to a wider client base who collectively shared a need for a quality mobile network . the license was extended in 2005 to cover the entirety of the iraqi republic . consequently today it is the only telecom network to provide coverage nationwide . in august 2007 asiacell bid and won a 15 year national license becoming the gsm telecom operator with the largest long term network coverage in the country . the company s breakthrough successes have naturally led to its expansion and growth thereby quickly reaching almost 2000 employees . to handle new business operations asiacell also simultaneously established new executive offices in baghdad basra and other major cities in iraq in april 2015 kadim al sahir the legend of arabic music became representative of the brand . today the company caters to more than 13 million subscribers around the country . see also edit korek telecom moutiny zain iraq references edit http www.investingroup.org publications kurdistan overview telecom telecom kurdistan region . external links edit official website this iraq related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title asia cell & oldid 735106471 categories iraqi kurdistanmobile phone companies of iraqiraq stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2010all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 18 august 2016 at 17 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view