VIEW: Mobile News in Iranian Mass Media, Monday, 28 April 2008

• Two-day deadline for indebted Hamrah Aval users
• Mobile users hits landline users
• Charge Taliya SIM via Bank Melli ATM
• Hamrah Aval charge cards distribution should be only from CSBs
• Hamrah Aval to add 2,000 BTS
• “09990 call center expansion”
• “A far cry!”
• “No problem in Hamrah Aval bill system”
• “TCI shares almost priced”
• “Public services bills”
• “Controversial change in services tariffs”
• “Isfahan teaching community to receive prepaid SIM”
• Subscriber’s ciriticsm

Articles Digest:
• Head of Public Relations of Hamrah Aval, the first mobile operator in Iran, bid farewell to his office, wrote Fars News Agency. This was the major mobile news item published today in the Iranian mass media, including Karoun, Zaman, Asr-e Eghtesad, Poul and Ebtekar dailies.
• Supervision & Maintenance Deputy of MCI said in an interview with MOBNA that an invitation to SMS operators’ tender, which is aimed at increasing the number of SMS providers in the country, would be made within next two weeks. This was published today in Donya-ye Eghtesad,  Abrar-e Eghtesadi dailies.
• An overview of status of national telecom network from the beginning of 9th government’s office to the end of the Iranian year 1386 (mid-March 2008) indicates that the number of mobile users have exceeded landline users, wrote MOBNA. This was published today in Ebtekar dailies.
• HAMNA reported that charge of Taliya prepaid SIM cards is now possible trough ATM devices of Bank Melli. This was published today in Fanavaran daily.
• A member of board of directors of Communications Services Bureaus Union of Tehran said in an interview with MOBNA that charge cards for Hamrah Aval’s SIM cards should be distributed only through communications services bureaus. This was published today in Fanvaran daily. This had been published yesterday in four other dailies.
• General Manager of Inter-operator Relations at MCI said in an interview with MOBNA that 2,000 sites will be added to Hamrah Aval’s BTS by establishment of Hamrah Aval’s roaming connection with GSM rural network. This was published today in Fanavaran daily. This had been published today in two other dailies.
• General Manager of TCI Public Relations said in an interview with MOBNA about expanding telecom services provided by 09990, public relations calling center, within the next days.
• MOBNA yesterday published an article titled “A far cry” written by Behrouz Hosseini that discusses in detail the sharp difference between attraction policies of mobile operators in Iran and foreign countries.
• Fars News Agency quoted Hamrah Aval officials as saying the operator’s bill system has no problem.
• Hamshahri daily today published a news item titled “TCI shares almost priced” that discusses in detail privatization of TCI and its entry to Tehran Stock Exchange.
• Hamshahri daily today published another news item titled “Public services bills” that discusses in detail issuing bills for those subscribers whose SIM cards have been deactivated due to more than two-month debt.
• Sarmayeh daily today published an article titled “Controversial changes in services tariffs” that discusses in detail the reduction in mobile services’ tariffs in Communications Services Bureaus.
• Kar-o-Kargar daily today published a news item titled “Isfahan teaching community to receive prepaid SIM” that says prepaid SIM cards will be delivered to Isfahan’s teaching community in the verge of martyrdom anniversary of Motahari and Teacher Day.
• Hamshahri daily published today a subscriber’s criticism about same mobile numbers next to prepaid and postpaid prefixes.
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