Iranian mobile News Media Review Tuesday 30 December 2008

• Telecommunication Company will offer its six months financial report by next ten days, audit office deputy said.
Published in Fars news agency. Also in Iran, Khorshid, Poul, Andishe No, Jahan Sanat, Hadaf o Eghtesad, Asr Eghtesad and Donyaye Eghtesad newspapers, 

• Security plan in mobile phone field will be implemented, telecommunication research center deputy said.
Published in Mehr news agency. Also in Sobh Eghtesad, Afarinesh, Abrar, Hezbollah, Asrar, Jahan Eghtesad, Abrar Eghtesadi and Andishe No newspapers.  

• Mobile Company of Iran control and supervision deputy said they did not foresee any shortage of sms centers before the end of the Iranian year (Mar 20, 2009).
Published in ISNA news agency. Also in Abrar Eghtesadi, Eghtesad Pouya, Andishe No, Sarmaye, Donyaye Eghtesad, Tafahom and Jahan Eghtesad newspapers.
• Mobile Company of Iran has attracted less than four million new subscribers for its prepaid and postpaid sim cards as of beginning of the current Iranian year (March 2008).
Published in Fars news agency. Also in Donyaye Eghtesad, Fanavaran, Asr Eghtesad, Andishe No, Jahan Sanat, Etemad and Tafahom newspapers. 

• Telecommunication Infrastructure Company statute was approved by government and was decreed, telecommunication ministry deputy said.
Published in Fars, ISNA, ILNA and Iscanews news agencies. Also in Abrar Eghtesadi, Andishe No, Jahan Sanat, Donyaye Eghtesad, Fanavaran and Sarmaye newspapers.

• Mobile Company of Iran postpaid sim card market for all codes has remained stable over the past month, which market sources believe is due to low trade.
Published in Fars news agency. Also in Arman, Hayat No, Poul and Asr Eghtesad newspapers.

• Taliya charge card sold at 2 Taliya stations. Shortage of Taliya charge cards, which was apparent in recent weeks, has somewhat eased but not totally disappeared.
Published in Fars news agency. Also in Fanavaran, Jahan Sanat and Siyasat Rouz newspapers.

• Mobile set smuggling problem will not be solved by decreasing mobile set import tariff.
Published in ISNA news agency. Also in Fanavaran and Abrar Eghtesadi newspapers.

• Iran optical fiber equipments adjust with world latest technologies.
Published in SITNA news agency. Also in Fanavaran and Abrar Eghtesadi newspapers.

• Domestic made landline sets which support sms service will be tested, Peik Asa company official said.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Khorasan newspaper.

• Mobile Company of Iran managing director announced that mms service (multimedia messaging) service which has been launched as of 25 December for postpaid sim cards subscribers is able to send up to 100 kilobyte image and voice messages and its capacity will be increased as soon as possible.
Published in ISNA news agency. Also in Asrar newspaper.

• The increase in implementation of 2.5 and 3G technologies in mobile phone sector, with their fast and sustained data transfer and financial transactions, will enhance mobile banking, an IT expert said.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• Agreements between Iran and Syria telecommunication ministers are a progress.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• Advertisement via mobile phone sms is the best way for marketing goods, a social researcher said.
Published in Mobna news agency.
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