Third mobile phone operator tender winner to be determined in three months later

“Third mobile phone operator can offer sim cards at the beginning of next Iranian year (March 2009) provided that tender winner will be determined around 21 December according to the plans, ” Mohammad Soleimani said.
“Proper market and Iran population are among reasons that third operator tender has been welcomed by foreign companies,” he added.
According to the revised version of tender announcement date for providing first stage documents will be on 26 October and date for announcing first stage results will be on 8 November.
Also date for providing proposition packages will be on 29 November and date for opening packages will be on 30 November.
Selling off the tender documents have started as of 13 September and will continue by 4 October. Participants can provide their documents for quality evaluating by Radio Communication & Regulation Organization up to 26 October.
It was planned before that third mobile phone operator tender document to be sold on 6 September.
Third operator license will be expired after 15 years and will be extended for two five years periods.
Third operator can attract 17 million subscribers comprise of six million calling subscribers and 11 million data subscribers.
51 percent of third operator shares will be for domestic companies and 49 percent for foreign investor.
Currently mobile phone subscribers in Iran are more than 38 million and mobile phone penetration rate is 60 percent.
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