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Company type | Telecommunications |
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Founded | 2005 |
Area served | Middle East |
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Website | iq.group |
iQ Group (also known as iQ) is an Iraqi technology conglomerate founded in 2005. The company was initially established as a fibre-optic internet service provider in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. [1]
Founded in 2005, iQ began by building fibre-optic topology and cable routes across the country [2] to be able to provide internet services in Iraq. IQ Group provides fibre-optic broadband services and wholesales capacity services to a range of customers, including businesses, NGOs, schools, hospitals. [3] In 2020, with the arrival of the new CEO, Asoz Rashid, iQ group began to work in new areas. [4] In 2023, it launched a partnership with Tencent. [5]
IQ Group's Silk Route Transit is a terrestrial fibre-optic infrastructure IP-Transit project that provides an alternative route to connect Europe and the Middle East. [6]
Conceptualised in 2010, the Silk Route Transit consists of over 3500 kilometers of fiber-optic cable [7] laid across Iraq. [8] Its multilayer fiber-optic network supposedly provides the shortest alternative terrestrial route to connect Europe to Asia. [9] [10]
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Company type | Telecommunications |
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Founded | 2005 |
Area served | Middle East |
Key people |
|
Website | iq.group |
iQ Group (also known as iQ) is an Iraqi technology conglomerate founded in 2005. The company was initially established as a fibre-optic internet service provider in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. [1]
Founded in 2005, iQ began by building fibre-optic topology and cable routes across the country [2] to be able to provide internet services in Iraq. IQ Group provides fibre-optic broadband services and wholesales capacity services to a range of customers, including businesses, NGOs, schools, hospitals. [3] In 2020, with the arrival of the new CEO, Asoz Rashid, iQ group began to work in new areas. [4] In 2023, it launched a partnership with Tencent. [5]
IQ Group's Silk Route Transit is a terrestrial fibre-optic infrastructure IP-Transit project that provides an alternative route to connect Europe and the Middle East. [6]
Conceptualised in 2010, the Silk Route Transit consists of over 3500 kilometers of fiber-optic cable [7] laid across Iraq. [8] Its multilayer fiber-optic network supposedly provides the shortest alternative terrestrial route to connect Europe to Asia. [9] [10]