Iranian mobile News Media Review Sunday June 22, 2008

• The director of the state-owned Mobile Company of Iran (MCI) said that as of July 5 would be subscriber can purchase the post paid sim card of 0910 each costing 1.5 million rials (160 dollars) in person, adding that one million of this kind of sim cards that do not have roaming is to be sold.                                                                 
Published in Siasat Rouz, Farhang Ashti, Khabar, etremad, Asr Eghtesad, Asr Rasaneh, Abrar eghtesadi, Etemad Melli, Zaman, and Ebtekar newspapers. Also in Fars news agency.
• MCI announced that more than 994,069 purchsded sim cards are ready for distribution in the Iranian provinces.
Published in Jahan Eghtesad, Rah-e mardom, Tafahom, Hambasteghi, Asr Rasaneh, ebtekra, Abrar, Poul, and Arman newspapers. Also in Fars, Mehr, IRNA, Mobna news agencies.
• Information Communication Technology of Iran told Mehr News Agency that the regulation of providing MMS and SMS will be announced soon. 
 Published in Sobh eghtesad, Poul, Khorassan, Donya-e eghtesad, Tafahom, Kaenat, and Abrar Eeghtesadi newspapers.
• An Iranian Bourse official said that it will take another month for the Telecommunication Company of Irans stock to be entered in the Tehrans bourse.
Published in Iran, Hamshahri, Kaenat, Eghtesad-e Pouya, and Asr Eghtesad newspapers.
• The Minister of telecommunication told the state run television that the 32 Iranian telecommunication companies of the ministry mamaged to make more that 15000 billion rials (1.5 billion dollars) in the year ending March 2009.
Published in Jomhuri Eslami and Khabar newspapers.
• According to Mobna Iran has authorized Iran Mobile Company (MCI), Islamic republic`s biggest mobile operator to add another 16 million more subscribers by 2016.
• According to Mobna mobile phone subscribers do not need to deposit any money prior to their trip if their calls abroad are going to be under 200 dollars.
• Iranian government decree states that in order to preserve the Persian language and calligraphy from June 21 each sent sms in Persian fonts will cost subscriber 89 rials (fraction of a US cent) and each sent sms using non Persian fonts will cost subscriber 222 rials (around 2 US cents). Published in Etelaat newspaper.

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