Iranian mobile News Media Review Sunday 20 July 2008

• Mobile Company of Iran postpaid sim cards spot sale has started in telecom service bureaus that are acting online, a MCI official said.
Published in Zaman, Abrar Eghtesadi, Etemad, Siyasat Rouz, Sarmaye, Kaenat, Karoon and Khabar newspapers.
 
• Member of Iranian  parliaments industries and mines commission said the legislative branch is to review a cut in non Persian sms tariff.
Published in Abrar Eghtesadi, Eghtesad Pouya, Donya Eghtesad, Sobh Eghtesad and Jahan Eghtesad newspapers.
 
• Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) or Tabriz oil Refinery will be sold off in Tehrans stock exchange by the next week, an official said.
Published in Hamshahri, Kargozaran, Asr Eghtesad and Donya Eghtesad newspapers.

• Most mobile sets in domestic mobile phone market have technical defects and software problems and can not be offered in world markets, Soroush Resane head said.
Published in Abrar Eghtesadi and Jahan Eghtesad newspapers.
    

• Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) will be sold off in Tehrans stock exchange by the next two weeks when audit office presents its report, an official said.
Published in Khabar newspaper.

• Persian font sms software has been tried on more than 100 mobile set models, the project manager said
Published in Khabar newspaper.

• The telecommunication ministry’s head of new privatization law said for a better transition of Telecommunication Company of Iran to full privatization, the model was devised following a study of similar practice in five selected nations.
Published in Jahan Sanat newspaper. Also in IRNA, Mobna, Fars, Borna, ISNA and Iscanews news agencies.

• Financial accounts pf Telecommunication of Iran of March 2007- March 2008 period have been presented completely and in regular dates to the audit office.
Published in Etemad Melli newspaper.

• Iran is ranked fourth in the world when in comes to mobile phone growth, the Telecommunication Company of Iran official said.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• The number of Mobile Company of Iran`s BTS antennas has exceeded 15,520 country-wide up to June 21, 2008, a report by the telecommunication company said.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• Telecommunication minister deputy and Radio Communication and Regulation Organization head Mahmood Khosravi handed over Telecommunication Company of Irans (first nation wide operator) operation license to the companys managing board in an official meeting.
Published in Mobna, Fars and ISNA news agencies.

• So far more than 50 million landlines and mobile phone have been activated in country.
Published in IRNA news agency.
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