Third mobile phone operator`s sim cards to hit market around March 2009: telecom minister

Currently the mobile phone usage rate is 58 percent of the population. But the market demand is still high and Iranian market is a profitable one in world,” Mahommad Soleimani added.
“In telecommunications growth rate aspect Iran is among six top countries in the world, but there is still a huge gap to reach the appropriate condition,” he asserted.
“Telecommunication equipments should be produced domestically, and the government should develop research ways,” he said.
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