Iranian mobile News Media Review Thursday 25 December 2008

• Mobile Company of Iran mms (Multimedia messaging serivce) is operational as of today 25 December in Tehran and 10 other provinces cities, MCI managing director said.
Published in Iran, Keyhan, Hayat No, Ghods, Khorasan, Resalat, Siyasat Rouz, Fanavaran, Zaman, Jahan Eghtesad, Hezbolla, Hemayat, Abrar, Abrar Eghtesadi, Sobh Eghtesad, Vatan Emrouz, Eghtesad Pouya, Etelaat, Ebtekar, Afarinesh, Andishe No and Jahan Sanat newspapers. Also in FArs, Mehr, ILNA, ISNA, Mouj and Mobna news agencies.  

• Cooperation agreement between Iran and Syria telecommunication ministers was inked on information technology, consultation and common investment and cooperation for tenders.
Published in ISNA, Borna, SITNA, Iscanews and Fars news agencies. Also in Iran, Siyasat Rouz, Fanavaran, Poul, Tafahom, Khorshid, Asr Eghtesad, Hemayat, Andishe No, Eghtesad Pouya, Sarmaye, Abrar Eghtesadi and Jahan Eghtesad newspapers.   

• Third mobile phone operator tender manager said that current regulation of using mms service (multi media messaging) will be implemented for third operator.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Fanavaran and Abrar Eghtesadi newspapers.

• 400,000 Mobile Company of Iran 0919 sim cards were sold in 24 hours after announcing new price.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Sobh Eghtesad newspaper. 

• With decreasing Mobile Company of Iran prepaid sim card price from 340,000 rials to 12,000 rials the 0919 sim cards market prospered.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Sarmaye newspaper. 
 
• After Radio Communication and Regulation deadline was over foreign operator MTN-Irancell, it disabled the connection of more than 100,000 subscribers whose information was not registered.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Hamshahri newspaper. 

• Mobile Company of Iran managing director announced that MCI mobile payment pilot service has been launched.
Published in ILNA news agency. Also in Abrar Eghtesadi newspaper.

• Telecommunication minister said that in cooperation with Syria we count on Iranian companies to implement plans and cooperation in tenders in future.
Published in SITNA news agency.
 
• By entering into Syria we will expand penetration rate in other regional countries in fields of exchanging information, experiments and contracting issues and implementing projects, telecommunication minister said.
Published in SITNA news agency.
  
113/16/179