Iranian mobile News Media Review Wednesday 14 January 2009

• Those teachers who had registered to receive Mobile Company of Iran sim card in 2005 can receive their sim card by referring to MCI telecommunication services bureaus, MCI announced.
Published in Fars, Mobna, Mehr, Mouj, ISNA and ILNA news agencies, also in KEyhan, Fanavaran, Asrar, Rah MArdom, Tafahom, Abrar Eghtesadi, Andishe No, Kar o Karegar, Sarmaye, Donyaye Eghtesad and Asr Eghtesad newspapers.  

• Purchase and sale prices of Mobile Company of Iran postpaid sim card rose by 50,000 to 100,000 rials today Tuesday.
Published in Fars news agency. Also in Jahan Sanat, Poul, Tafahom, Khabar, Hezbollah, Sarmaye, Asr Eghtesad and Zaman newspapers.
 
• Third operator during 15 years will pay more than 16 trillion rials to Iran government.
Published in Fars, Mobna, ILNA and Borna news agencies. Also in Abrar Eghtesadi, Khorshid, Jahan Eghtesad, Fanavaran, Sobh Eghtesad, Poul and Aftab and Javan newspapers.

• Iran Telecommunication Company six months (March 20 to Sep 21) financial report is ready and will be provided to legal references next week, Audit Office vice president said.
Published in Fars news agency. Also in Hamshahri, Khorshid, Jahan Sanat, Sarmaye and Asr Eghtesad newspapers.

• The establishment of equivalents for foreign jargons that exist in the mobile sector has been placed on the Persian Academy’s agenda.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Fanavaran, Abrar Eghtesadi and Donyaye Eghtesad newspapers.

• The government’s 250b-rial facilities promised to mobile set manufacturers from the Exchange Reserve Fund seems all but forgotten, Emad Semiconductors managing director said.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Fanavaran newspaper.

• The authorities at United Arab Emirate’s Etisalat hope to draw one million subscribers within the first year of their activity.
Published in Fars news agency. Also in Etemad newspaper.

• Emirates Etisalat which was announced officially as Iran third mobile phone operator on Jan 12 ranked 140 among 500 top world companies.
Published in Fars news agency. Also in Sarmaye newspaper.

• Islamic Republic of Iran 30-year achievements in ICT field (information and communication technology) will be presented in ITEX 2009 exhibition from Jan 30 to Feb 3 in Kish Island, telecommunication ministry announced.
Published in Mouj news agency. Also in Etemad newspaper.

• Several months has passed since five percent of telecommunication company shares was sold off in Tehran Bourse. Privatization Company head announced a meeting will be held in next week to sell telecommunication remained shares.
 Published in Mobna news agency.

• Etisalat services manager and Iran Telecommunication Company managing director negotiate with each other.
Published in Fars, Mouj and ISNA news agencies.

• In line with telecommunication expansion in country’s rural districts, GPRS has been established in 8 villages in ChaharMahal-o-Bakhtiari Province at a cost of nearly 2b Rials, Telecommunication Company of Iran public relations announced.
Published in Mouj news agency.
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