Iranian mobile News Media Review Thursday 16 October 2008

• MMS (multi media messaging) service will be offered to all MCI subscribers as of 22 October – 5 November period, telecommunication minister said.
Published in ISNA, Fars, Mehr, Mobna, ILNA, Hamna and SITNA news agencies. Also in Afarinesh, Fanavaran, Donyay-e Eghtesad, Asr Eghtesad, Karoon, Jahan Eghtesad, Abrar Eghtesadi, Payam Zaman, Mardom Salari, Ebtekar, Khorasan, Poul, Sobh Eghtesad and Khorshid newspapers.  

• More than 100 meetings and workshops relevant to internet, mobile phone and multimedia softwares, digital arts and computer games will be held in second digital media exhibition.
Published in ISNA, Fars, Mehr, Borna and ILNA news agencies. Also in Mardom Salari, Ebtekar and Khorasan newspapers.  

• State owned Mobile Company of Irans GPRS fee was revised in usual public meeting of MCI shareholders.
Published in Mehr and  Borna news agencies. Also in Jam-e Jam, Tafahom, Donyay-e Eghtesad and Iran Asr newspapers.  

• Radio Communication and Regulation Organization has not issued license for Irancells MMS service after 17 months stop in offering service, a Irancell official said.
Published in Fars news agency. Also in Hayat No, Abrar Eghtesadi and Jahan Eghtesad newspapers.  

• Third mobile phone operator tender news can be followed in its official website www.iran03.com.
Published in Fars, Mouj and Mobna news agencies. Also in Tafahom newspaper.  

• Commerce ministry has effective role in launching an independent mobile phone union, an economic expert said.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Eghtesad Pouya and Jahan Eghtesad newspapers.  

• China produce mobile sets with different qualities, but unfortunately Iranian merchants import Chinese made mobile sets of a poor quality, an economic expert said.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Sarmayeh and Donyay-e Eghtesad newspapers.  

• Up to new auction for mobile phone sms content providers being held, previous three companies will offer advertisement and information sms service.
Published in ILNA and Mouj news agencies.

• 50 BTS antennas sites will be used as common sites by Mobile Company of Iran, Irancell and private operator Taliya in Tehran, “Ertebate Moshtarake Shahr” company managing director said.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Abrar Eghtesadi newspaper.  

• Six million mobile phone numbers equipments consortium pay attention to foreign markets and is ready to compete with them, consortium secretary said.
Published in SITNA news agency. Also in Abrar Eghtesadi newspaper.  

• A challenge that mobile banking development faces is that banks and mobile phone operators are state owned, an electronic banking expert believes.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• With the presence of private companies in telecommunication field several important technologies in mobile phone network field have been developed, a telecommunication official said.
Published in SITNA news agency.
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