Iranian mobile news media review Tuesday Oct 13, 2009

•    Information and Communication Technology Minister report to Parliament health committee on standard TV receivers and effects of satellite TV jamming on humans.
ILNA news agency, Etelaat, Donyay-e Eghtesad, Poul, Ebtekar, Mardom Salari, Tehran Emrouz, Hezbollah, Hayat No, Siyasat Rouz and Farhikhtegan newspapers reported.

•    Comprehensive plan for Post Office compiled and finalized by Information and Communication Technology Ministry, ministry’s IT deputy announced.
Mobna, IRNA and Moj news agencies, Fanavaran, Abrar Eghtesadi, Asr Eghtesad, Sobh Eghtesad, Rah-e Mardom and Poul newspapers reported.

•    Third Operator tender conditions changed and foreign partner obligation omitted, tender to be re-held, Telecommunication Industry Syndicate member said.
IRNA news agency, Etelaat, Fanavaran, Asr Eghtesad, Sobh Eghtesad, Abrar Eghtesadi, Poul and Hezbollah newspapers reported.

•    Mehr Eghtesad Iranian Investment definitely to participate in TCI block consortium with 12.5% partnership, company’s managing director said.
Mobna and Fars news agencies, Iran, Fanavaran, Donyay-e Eghtesad, Iranian and Etemad newspapers reported.
 
•    TCI could not supply some requests by PAP companies because of high cost to TCI but after TCI privatization they will be supplied, TCI managing director said.
ISNA news agency, Donyay-e Eghtesad, Sarmayeh, Poul and Abrar Eghtesadi newspapers reported.

•    Cut in internet tariff not proposed to Radio Communication and Regulations Organization because it required economic analysis, Communication Infrastructure chief announced.
Mobna news agency, Khorasan, Poul and Abrar Eghtesadi newspapers reported.
 
•    Ertebatat Kavir in negotiation with Russia for linking Iran to Russia’s fiber optic internet and Russia has welcomed it, company’s vice president said.
Fars news agency, Fanavaran, Sobh Eghtesad and Sarmayeh newspapers reported.
 
•    Provincial Telecommunication Companies’ cooperation with PAP companies in launching ADSL ports evaluated by Data Company, Data Company managing director said.
Fars news agency, Fanavaran, Khorasan and Poul newspapers reported.  

•    Electronic Government development programs presented to Parliament, President’s first deputy said.   
ISNA news agency, Mardom Salari, Khorasan and Abrar Eghtesadi newspapers reported.  
 
•    At Parliament health committee meeting with ICT and Health Ministry authorities, mobile phone and satellite TV jamming harmful radiation effects on humans reviewed.
ISNA news agency, Iran, Etelaat and Eghtesad Pouya newspapers reported.

•    Third Digital Media Exhibition ended Oct 10.
ISNA news agency, Etelaat, Javan and Tafahom newspapers reported.
 
•    Pilot phase of the internet development and management center project (MATMA) completed by end of current Iranian year (March 2010), Data Company managing director said.
Mobna news agency and Abrar Eghtesadi newspaper reported.  
 
•    Parliament health committee members announced they were not convinced by ICT Ministry assertion that BTS and satellite TV channel jamming had no harmful radiations.
Mobna news agency and Abrar Eghtesadi newspapers reported.

•    No of services supplied by Iran Electronic Services portal at www.iran.ir increased to 50.
Mobna news agency and Poul newspaper reported.  
 
•    Nokia launched sms service for users to check their mobile set originality.
Mobna news agency and Asr Eghtesad newspaper reported.

•    Mobile set smugglers’ monopoly on expensive mobile sets market.
Mobna news agency and Sarmayeh newspaper reported.
 
•    Negotiations with famous foreign mobile manufacturers to produce common mobile brand in Iran produced no clear result and project abandoned temporarily, Iran Telecommunication Manufacturing Companies managing director said.
Mobna news agency and Donyay-e Eghtesad newspaper reported.
 
•    In IranCell network, independent of MMS (multimedia messaging service) volume and how much it contains images, voices or texts, up to 300 kb counted as one message at 480 rials per MMS.
ILNA news agency and Fanavaran newspaper reported.
 
•    Mobile phone antenna radiation effects on humans reviewed by Parliament health committee but no result obtained, health committee member said.
ISNA news agency and Aftab Yazd newspaper reported.

•    Third Electronic Government Security Exhibition inaugurated Oct 13 by ICT Minister.
Mehr news agency and Fanavaran newspaper reported.

•    Hot debates on satellite TV channels jamming in domestic and foreign media.
BourseNews news agency and Afarinesh newspaper reported.

•    Qom Province postal indices higher than country’s postal indices, Qom Province post office chief said.
ISNA news agency and Asr Eghtesad newspaper reported.

•    Subscription fee and tax likely to change in privatized Telecommunication Company of Iran, its managing director said.
Mobna news agency reported.

•    Private sector companies could buy some of Tose’eh Etemad Mobin Consortium shares by forming a consortium, head of Parliament telecommunication workgroup announced.
Mobna news agency reported.

•    National internet network to become countrywide, Information and Communication Technology Ministry IT deputy announced.
Mobna news agency reported.

•    2nd Electronic Children Festival held Dec. 8-11 in Tehran.
Mobna news agency reported.
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