Israel Matzav

Hamas setting up its own phone network

In an effort to avoid the omnipotent Israelis, Hamas is setting up its own phone network.

Sources quoted by the Fatah-run PalVoice said the organization has been laying down phone network infrastructure for several months in an effort to connect Hamas members, institutions and high-ranking leaders such as Mahmoud Zahar.

"It's wired, so they just extend cables to the houses or areas they want," a Gaza IT source told The Media Line under condition of anonymity. "They're not using frequencies."

"If Hamas set up their own network they may compete with PalTel but I believe this is more a matter of information security," the source said. "If they're only wiring up a few people it's probably not for commercial purposes. It's probably more a matter of securing information over the phone."

Ihab Ghussein, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry in Gaza told The Media Line he had no knowledge about a secret phone network and could not verify the report.

Mashhour Abu Dakka, the Palestinian Minister of Telecommunications and IT told The Media Line he had also read the reports and could not verify a Hamas network.

Ihab Ghussein, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry in Gaza told The Media Line he had no knowledge about a secret phone network and could not verify the report.

Mashhour Abu Dakka, the Palestinian Minister of Telecommunications and IT told The Media Line he had also read the reports and could not verify a Hamas network.

There's nothing the 'Palestinian Authority' can do to stop Hamas, although they cannot set up a mobile phone network since Israel controls all the frequencies. Something tells me that Israel will manage to tap into this network anyway. Hezbullah set up a similar network in 2007.

But this reminded me of another omnipotent phone company. Let's go to the videotape.


Heh.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:26 PM