Iranian mobile News Media Review Tuesday 5 August 2008

• Audit office approved increasing telecommunications capital for the telecommunication to get quoted in Tehran Bourse on 9 August, provided that its capital is registered in incorporation office, a Bourse official said.
Published in Hadaf o Eghtesad, Donya Eghtesad, Hayat No, Etemad, Arman, Andishe No, Tafahom, Hambastegi, Ghods and Kargozaran newspapers.  

• State owned Telecommunication Company of Iran GPRS service will be launched during 22 August-21 September period, the TCI official said.
Published in Ebtekar, Khorasan, Asr Eghtesad,   Kaenat, MArdomsalari and Abrar Eghtesadi newspapers.

• Mobile Company of Irans sms centers have capacity to transmit up to 100 million sms daily, MCI network management and surveillance said.
Published in Jomhouri, Donya Eghtesad, Eghtesad Pouya, Sobh Eghtesad, Abrar Eghtesadi and Kaenat newspapers.

• If indebted subscribers of the mobile Company of Iran fail to settle their phone bills in time their lines will be resold, a company official said.
Published in Abrar Eghtesadi, Donya Eghtesad, and Sobh Eghtesad newspapers.

• Currently first and second operators should prepare facilities and announce their readiness to offer multi messaging services (mms) service,” Radio Communication and Regulation organization head said.
Published in Fanavaran, Hayat No and Sokhan Rouz newspapers.

• Mobile phone smuggling is a tragedy to the countrys economy and most of all to plans to protect domestic mobile set production, an economic expert said.
Published in Jahan Eghtesad and Jahan Sanat newspapers.

• Radio Communication and Regulation Organization has not banned offering mms service, a regulatory official said.
Published in Zaman and Afarinesh newspapers.

• Since private sector is not able to buy telecommunication managing share, then there will be no change in telecommunication managing and this is in contradiction to the new privatization law, Tehran Chamber of Commerces IT commission head said. 
Published in Fanavaran and Donya Eghtesad newspapers. 

• Audit office approved Telecommunication Company of Iran Earning per share for current Iranian year (ending March 2009) for quoting in Tehran Bourse, audit office head said.
Published in Tafahom newspaper.

• The deputy minister of Information and Communication Technology said there may be a change in the mobile phone tariff after Telecommunication Company of Iran’s privatization.
Published in Sobh Eghtesad newspapers.

• Between Russian ACM Company, Dubai Islamic banks MFC and a Lebanese company, one will be chosen to be the third mobile phone operator tender consultant, the tender manager said.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• A market insider believes that reducing mobile sets import tariff from six percent to 25 percent has not changed the mobile sets distributors warrantee and guarantee services.
Published in Mobna news agency.
  
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