VIEW: Mobile Phone News in Iranian Mass Media, Wednesday, June 12, 2006

• Rising activity of women in mobile phone market
• Highest sold handsets in Tehran
• Sony Ericsson K510 price drops
• Samsung announced its latest PPC
• Review: Samsung U600
• Mobile users prefer warranty-less handsets
• “Mobile importers committee formed to organize market”
• “Mobile phone shipment halted”

Articles Digest:
• The trades of 0919 prepaid SIM cards of MCI is still dull, wrote MOBNA. This was published today in Sarmayeh and Donya-ye Eghtesad dailies.
• Product Manager of Madiran, the authorized reseller of LG mobile phones in Tehran, said in an interview with MOBNA that about 100,000 LG mobile handsets have been sold over the past year. This was published today in Donya-ye Eghtesad daily.
• The number of women sellers at Jomhouri, Tehrans largest mobile phone market, is rising daily that indicates the vastness and importance of Tehrans mobile phone market. This was published today in Asr-e Eghtesad daily.
• Mobile phone sellers at Jomhouri introduced Nokia 5310, 6300, Sony Ericsson K800 and K850, Samsung G800, Motorola A1200, HTC Touch, i-mate Jasjam, LG KG275 as the highest sold mobile phone in the Tehrans yesterday mobile phone market, MOBNA reported.
• The price of Sony Ericsson W580 with no verified warranty fell down by 100,000 rials in Tehran.
• The price of Sony Ericsson K510 fell down by 100,000 rials over the past month.
• Samsung announced its latest PPC so-called Omnia, wrote MOBNA.
• Samsung is popular in producing stylish and ultra-slim mobile phones. Samsung U600 is another member of Ultra Series which is also known as Ultra 10.9, wrote MOBNA.
• People prefer to buy mobile handsets without warranty as mobile warranty yet are not useful and effective in Iran, wrote MOBNA. This was published today in Sarmayeh daily. This had been published in Eghtesad-e Pouya daily.
• Donya-ye Eghtesad daily today published an article titled “Mobile importers committee formed to organize market”.
• Farhang-e Ashti daily today published an article titled ” Mobile phone shipment halted” that says some 119 mobile handset were confiscated from a vehicle.
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