MCI cells phone calls shut off in Iraq

Long-distance service for government-issued MCI cell phones in Iraq have been shut off due to monthly bills as high as $10,000 for one phone.

The Coalition Provisional Authority issued the phones last year for some in the Green Zone in Baghdad that did not have reliable phone access, but as these people never received bills, they felt the phone calls were free.

Unfortunately, control over the phones was a little lax, said Col. Evin Planto.
His staff is trying to account for the telephones, but some users took the them back to the United States, where they don't work. Others gave them to other units or offices upon departing, and that has made policing the phones difficult (via Big News Network.)

Regine | 10:21 AM | News, Buzz |
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