" GFCI now has final approval to export technology, conduct
operations, and establish a manufacturing facility in Libya.

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C. New operators with fresh capital are
needed to provide broadband connectivity to and within the continent and to
serve what is becoming a very attractive telecom market opportunity for both
equipment and service providers. Several African countries have experienced
triple-digit growth rates in Internet usage in 2003 and 2004, including Cote
d'Ivoire, Morocco, Senegal, Sudan and Tanzania.

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This compares with over
50% penetration in developed countries.
This annual report offers a wealth of information on the African Broadband
and Internet markets.

Subjects include:

- The broadbanding of Africa - policies, initiatives, projects
- Internet statistics and market analyses
- Barriers to Internet development
- Internet and broadband infrastructure
- International bandwidth and local connectivity
- Community telecentres
- The emergence of xDSL in Africa
- Internet via satellite
- Wireless Broadband
- Local, national and regional ISPs
- The role of the mobile networks and 3G
- VoIP telephony liberalisation and grey markets

Countries profiled:

- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkino Faso
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Cote D'Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe

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Algeria is located on the northwest coast on the Mediterranean Sea.

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com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040820/RESEARCH )
Africa remains the least connected continent in the world both from the
view of the total bandwidth feeding the entire continent and from an Internet
penetration perspective. While Internet uptake increased from less than
500,000 in 1995 to over 12 million in early-2004, its use remains
comparatively minuscule due to the lack of telecoms infrastructures in many
regions and high prices.

It is the second largest country on the African content.

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Grifco 's patented products are known and used throughout the world. In
addition to our patented tools, Grifco holds and owns design rights and
manufacturing facilities for producing more than 6000 products for the oil
and gas industry with more than 150 clients, boasting the biggest names in
the business , including Halliburton, Exxon, and Schlumberger.researchandmarkets.

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In a statement by CEO Jim Dial, "Our approved to form package has been
authenticated and sealed by the U. South Africa and Tunisia
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Grifco International (OTC: GFCI) announces it
has received final "approved to form 'Global Oil Tools Libya'
certification. Department of State
(Document 05028356-13).

Bordering countries include Morocco, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Libya, and Tunesia.

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Concurrently, the finalized Global Oil Tools Libya
has also been certified by Libya's Foreign Affairs Department in
Washington, D."

Grifco International is a leading provider of oil and gas services
equipment, specializing in the conception , architecture, and development of
tools for the coil tubing, wire line, and snubbing industry throughout the
United States, China, Mexico, South America, the Middle East and Africa.

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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets .

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The government is a democratic republic.

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"Libya's
manufacturing facility is the thread which will weave a framework to build
and distribute products throughout the region. Actual results may differ materially from
those forward-looking statements, as such statements involve risks and
uncertainties that could significantly impact the company's business, and
the actual outcome and results may differ materially. DUBLIN, Ireland, Research and Markets
(http://www. Growth is slower than world averages and is less than
half the growth rate of mobile.5%, with the highest penetration recorded in Reunion
(over 20%) followed by the Seychelles (around 14%).

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may make orally in connection with this release are not historical fact and
are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.newscom.

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By early-2004, overall Internet penetration in
Africa was around 1.

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PRESS RELEASE Grifco Completes Phase One of 'Global Oil Tools Libya'

We look to immediately move forward on expanding our market
reach through Lyamec by reviewing and finalizing applications on Tunis,
Qatar, Jabal Ali, and Morocco and to establishing corresponding logistic
and point of sale offices in the North African coast," added Dial.

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Research and Markets: African Broadband and Internet Markets Analyzed

While Africa is still struggling to ensure universal availability of basic
voice services, the implementation of broadband networks is still very limited
but has picked up momentum during 2003 and 2004.

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"We are pleased with the expedient processing of the requirements by Lyamec
& Associates. Eventually , all of GFCI's
technology, including the product lines of Grifco, Global Oil Tools, the
Silver Hawg, and Coil Tubing Technology (CTT), makers of the Jet Motor and
Jet Nozzle, will be working in the fields throughout Africa and the Middle
East.
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of 2005 - African Broadband and Internet Markets to their offering.