Iranian mobile News Media Review Monday 10 November 2008

• Receiving charge on mobile phone bills payments in banks or via ATM machines is illegal, a law official said.
Published in IRNA news agency. Also in Jomhouri, Etelaat, Fanavaran, Jahan Eghtesad, Afarinesh, Abrar Eghtesadi, Eghtesad Pouya, Resalat, Khabar and Sarmayeh newspapers.

• Information and data security program will be performed in research center in cooperation with domestic universities.
Published in Borna, Fars, ILNA and ISNA news agencies. Also in Jahan Sanat, Siyasat Rouz, Abrar Eghtesadi and Fanavaran newspapers.
 
• Researchers have produced smart sim cards for advertising, security and information usages, Dade Karevan Pishro Company head said.
Published in Mehr news agency. Also in Jahan Eghtesad, Donyay-e Eghtesad, Khabar and Fanavaran newspapers.

• Mobile Company of Iran latest information will be offered to subscribers as a mobile leaflet titled “Nameh Hamrah”, MCI official said.
Published in Fars news agency. Also in Khorasan, Abrar Eghtesadi and Tafahom newspapers. 

• First operator thinks of international activities after complete privatization, the Mobile Company of Iran official said.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Sobh Eghtesad, Donyay-e Eghtesad and Abrar Eghtesadi  newspapers.

• Foreign made software do not supply domestic needs, as of the producers do not know what our needs are. So we should work independently, an Information Technology expert said.
Published in ISNA news agency. Also in Sobh Eghtesad, Jahane Eghtesad and Poul  newspapers.

• Mobile Company of Iran 11th catchy mobile phone numbers auction will be held in the first half of Iranian month of Azar, MCI official said.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Abrar Eghtesadi and Sarmaye newspapers.

• Iranian researches have designed software that changes electronic books to mobile phone version in a second.
Published in ILNA news agency. Also in Abrar Eghtesadi and Sarmaye newspapers.

• Iran Telecommunication Company will ink SLA (service level agreement) agreements with subscribers. Among the contract terms is GPRS quality level, MCI official said.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Fanavaran newspaper.

• In the first seminar of its kind titled “Advertisement, marketing and public relation” the pre-eminent public relations plaque in press category was awarded to Mobile Company of Iran Public Relations.
Published in Ghods newspapers.

• All prepaid sim cards include MCI, Taliya and Irancell operators can be recharged via Melli bank ATM machines.
Published in Iscanews news agency. Also in Hayat No  newspaper.

• Old MCI sim cards do not work with new technologies and services. In order to use value added services subscribers should change their old sim cards, MCI official said.
Published in ISNA news agency. Also in Khrshid newspaper.

• Mobile phone network technology should be upgraded annually, MCI official said.
Published in Fars news agency.

• Offering mms service will increase society problems if its laws do not be provided.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• Mobile Company of Irans personnel across the country need constant training, MCIs director of special trainings suggested.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• Ghazvin Province is the second province to offer GPRS, said province’s telecom company chief. Tehran was the first province to do so.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• There are at present more cell phone engineers in Iran than BTS sites, said Mobile Company of Iran education director.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• Parliament is having a close watch on the activities of the ministry of Information and Communication Technology, said Parliament’s member of Industries and Mines committee.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• Pars Comtel Company the official distributor of Sony Ericsson and Motorola mobile sets in Iran will import LG mobile sets in a coming week.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• Countries which do not prepare strategic infrastructures will not act proper in world competition field, telecommunication company official said in third international conference of strategic management.
Published in Mouj news agency.
 
• Mobile Company of Iran will offer its internet service which is now GPRS on EDGE service, MCI official said.
Published in Hamna news agency.

• Iran telecommunication company common public annual meeting will be held on 18 November.
Published in Hamna news agency.
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