Iranian mobile News Media Review Tuesday 23 December 2008

    * After Radio Communication and Regulation deadline was over foreign operator MTN-Irancell, it disabled the connection of more than 100,000 subscribers whose information was not registered.

Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Abrar Eghtesadi, Sobh Eghtead, Donyaye Eghtesad, Khorasan, Sarmaye and Fanavaran newspapers. 

    * More than 50 percent of Iran broadband capacity remains useless.

Published in Poul, Jahan Sanat, Jahan Eghtesad, Fanavaran and Andishe No newspapers. Also in ISNA news agency.

    * Tamin Etisalat consortium, consisting of Tamin Telecom and United Arab Emirates’ Etisalat has won Iran’s third mobile phone operator.

Published in Hamshahri, Sedaye Edalat, Sarmaye, Sobh Ehgtesad and Jahan Sanat newspapers. Also in Mobna, ILNA, Mouj, Fars and Hamna news agencies.  

    * Mobile Company of Iran postpaid sim card subscribers have been urged to check their address in MCI files.

Published in Keyhan, Etelaat, Abrar Eghtesadi and Rah Mardom newspapers. Also in Mobna, Mouj, Fars, ISNA and Hamna news agencies. 

    * Iran Telecommunication Manufacturing Companies head announced that so far we have not received any budget to produce mobile sets and the factors determined by commerce and industries ministry makes investment in this field impossible.

Published in Borna news agency. Also in Aftab, Abrar Eghtesdai, FAnavaran and Asr Eghtesad newspapers.

    * The competition procedure between mobile phone operators in country led to state owned operator (MCI) to decrease its prepaid sim cards price 120,000 rials. This resulted to subscribers welcomed these sim cards.

Published in Hayat No, Khabar and Sarmaye newspapers. Also in ISNA news agency. 

    * Necessary tests on prepaid sim MCI cards in order to offer GPRS service (mobile internet) on them have been completed, Mobile Company of Iran official said.

Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Fanavaran and Abrar Eghtesadi newspapers.     

    * Mobile Company of Iran has introduced a 50,000-rial recharge through the internet for its prepaid sim cards.

Published in Keyhan newspaper. Also in Mobna, Mouj, Mehr, ILNA and Hamna news agencies. 

    * United Arab Emirates operator Etisalat is one of Middle East operators which now has won Iran third mobile phone operator tender. This operator ranks 140 out of 500 top operators.

Published in Fars news agency. Also in Poul newspaper.   

    * Third mobile phone operator tender C packages (price proposition) were opened on 22 December and final winner was determined.

Published in ISNA news agency. Also in Fanavaran newspaper. 

    * 46th volume of “Telephone Hamrah” monthly magazine published.

Published in Mobna news agency. 

    * Mobile Company of Iran’s 2,880,000- and 1,500,000-rial postpaid and prepaid sim cards are ready for delivery in provinces which have the vacancy.

Published in Borna news agency. 

      • The Syrian telecommunications minister said they are eager to learn from Iran’s experience from its mobile phone third operator tender.

Published in Borna news agency. 

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