Network Telex Rebuilds Iraq Telex service
10th October 2011
Dorset Computer experts are heading out to Baghdad to carry out IT work for the US government in Iraq.
Network Telex – which exports to 175 countries – has been tasked by the US government to help with the rebuilding of Telex services in Iraq. Network Telex has become “the first company to develop and design” Arabic Telex software.
Its software allows Telex messages and telegrams to be transmitted in either Arabic or English or mixture of both languages. The Ferndown Company has also just won $310,000 worth of work in United Arab Emirates for its bilingual Telex software. Its Arabic Telex system is to be installed in every post office within the UAE.
The initial order is for $100,000. Additional computers, spare parts and five-year support contracts are expected to total a further $210,000. Network telex managing director Philip Clarke said: “The development has taken 18 months and everyone said it couldn’t be done. “I’m very pleased to say that – working with our hardware partners ATL Telecom in Wales – we have achieved exactly what was required.” Telex remains a vital form of communication of shipping and oil companies and banks because – unlike some of its successors – it is a legal document.
The Ferndown firm has updated Telex with software that makes software compatible for standalone and networked PCs, instead of using a dedicated Telex machine.
Last year Network Telex helped to rebuild the telex systems on Wall street after the destruction of the World Trade Centre.
Mr Clarke and head of marketing Stephanie Brehem also dined with Prince Charles aboard the Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland off Vera Cruz as part of the Mexican port’s 100th anniversary celebrations.
Network Telex has been invited by the UK government to the celebrations after a $50,000 deal with Mexico’s largest company, oil giant Premex
By Business Editor Roan Fair
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