VIEW: Mobile News in Iranian Mass Media, Wednesday, April 30, 2008

• GC project enters 4th delay year
• 10 European, Asian operators tend to bid for third mobile operator auction
• Transferring Mellat Bank, TCI in June
• Looking through two-year performance of Hamrah Aval ex-CEO
• TCI employees job security in vague
• Mobile network coverage apt in Shiraz roads
• Taliya contract under scrutiny in RCRO
• “Fake Irancell charge cards”
• “More about TCI license”
• “International third mobile operator auction”
• “TCI: a ground for communications?”
• “Hamah Aval roaming with 100th country”
• “Two BTS systems available”
• A subscriber’s criticism

Articles Digest:
• Issuing mobile bills of subscribers to Hamrah Aval by private sector is illegal, said MCI General Manager for subscribers’ affairs in an interview with MOBNA. “Any private sector issuing mobile bills will be prosecuted”, he added. This was the major mobile news published today in the Iranian mass media, including Eghtesad-e Pouya, Sobh-e Eghtesad and Ebtekar dailies.
• In an interview with MOBNA, a university professor considered telecom and communicational systems used in the existing BTS antennas inappropriate for 3G mobile communications. This was published today in Eghtesad-e Pouya, Abrar-e Eghtesadi and Jahan-e Sanat dailies.
• Whereas contractors of implementation of third phase of mobile network development pledged to complete GC projects within a year, the project now has postponed for four continuous years. This was published today in Sobh-e Eghtsad and Donya-ye Eghtesad dailies.
• More than ten foreign mobile carriers tend to bid for the country’s third mobile operator auction, said in an interview with Fars news agency. This was published today in Etelaat daily. This had been published yesterday in 19 dailies.
• Presently, the only barrier to TCI privatization is that the company must be first changed to a public company and it must be then notified that its privatization in June is certain, said Deputy of Privatization Organization in an interview with ISNA. This was published today in Iran daily. This had been published yesterday in six other dailies.
• A leading communications expert said in an interview with Fars News Agency that unprecedented growth in SIM card distribution, improvement in international rankings in the field of subscriber number and distribution of prepaid SIM cards was among strong points of Sadoughi’s management, while the weak points were ambiguity in SMS tariff and medium network quality.
• One of the major Commerce Minister in implementation of Article 44 of Constitution and transferring TCI to private sector is the employed human power that do not have enough job security, wrote MOBNA.
• MOBNA yesterday published an article titled “non-government concept image” that discusses in detail the issue of establishment of third mobile operator project and TCI shares in the stock exchange.
• TCI Chief Executive said in an interview with ISCA News about looking through the status of Taliya contract in RCRO.
• Tabnak yesterday published today an article titled “Fake Irancell cards in market” that discusses in detail the issue of providing Hamrah Aval’s subscribers with GPRS service.
• Fanavaran daily today published an article titled “Details of TCI license” that discusses in detail the issue of TCI entry to the stock exchange and reveals more details about the new aspect of the company.
• Saheb Qalam daily today published a news item titled “International third mobile operator auction” that quotes Communications Minister as saying the international third mobile operator auction will be held within next five months.
• Khorasan daily today published a news item titled “TCI: a ground for communication?” that discusses in detail the privatization and providing a proper telecom infrastructure.
• Khorasan daily today published another news item about third mobile operator’s executive statements on third mobile operator recall and Hamrah Aval’s roaming with one hundred countries of the world.
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