Change of sms charges not mandatory for private operators: official

Previously it has been said that sms fees change decree is mandatory for all operators.
“The government decree is related to the sms fees and other operators can reduce their fees in a competitive atmosphere, however there is no obligation for them,” deputy of regulatory authority Ali Nadi-pour told Mobna news agency.
While non Persian font sms had risen to 222 rials (fraction of a cent), Persian messaging software has been planed to launch to promote Persian messaging, but downloading the software onto mobiles has been confronted with a technical problem.
The new decree states that in order to support Persian Language, Persian font sms fees has been decreased to 89 rials from 10 March 2008 and the non Persian sms fees has been increased to 222 rials from 21 June 2008.

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