Iranian mobile News Media Review Tuesday 23 September 2008

• Pilot 3G network project has been launched in Iran telecommunication research center aiming at transferring ICT knowledge and technology.
Pulished in ILNA, ISNA and Mobna news agencies. Also in Khorasan, Jahan Eghtesad, Fanavaran, Poul, Abrar Eghtesadi, Sobh Eghtesad, Donyay-e Eghtesad and Sarmayeh newspapers.

• Telecommunication prank confrontation regulation will be reviewed at GPRS audit.
Published in HAyat No, Jahan Eghtesad, Poul, Abrar Eghtesadi, Donyay-e Eghtesad, Eghtesad Pouya, Siyasat Rouz and Jahan Sanat newspapers.
 
• First phase of designing Tehran mobile phone network software has finished. This plan will be implemented in the next three months for nine million mobile phone subscribers. So mobile phone network will improve dramatically in Tehran, the Mobile Company of Iran official said.
Published in Hezbollah, Poul, Abrar Eghtesadi, Afarinesh and Jahan Sanat newspapers.  

• Mobile phone sim cards market has been saturated, a telecommunication official said.
Published in Poul, Hambastegi, Asr Eghtesad, Asrar and Karoon newspapers
  
• Simorgh Samaneh Tehran Company as the first Iranian Company joined to the world Wimax Forum.
Published in Fanavaran, Poul and Asr Eghtesad newspapers. Also in Fars and Mouj news agencies.
 
• Telecommunication Company directing manager announced that GPRS service will be launched in coming five months. It was planned before that GPRS to be launched up to 21 September.
Published in Hayat No, Etemad, Abrar Eghtesadi and Afarinesh newspapers. 
 
• So far seven domestic and foreign companies have bought third mobile phone operator tender documents, Radio Communication and Regulation Organization official announced.
Published in Fanavaran and Sarmayeh newspapers.  

• Mobile sets vendors believe that now most consumers prefer to buy mobile sets that support Persian language and font.
Published in Abrar Eghtesadi newspaper.  

• The Kuwait- based company Zain and Qatar’s Q-TEL are among companies willing to take part in Iran’s third countrywide mobile phone operator tender
Published in Hayat No newspaper.  

• Mobile Company of Iran operator can offer GPRS and mms services cheaper than maximum fee announced by Radio Communication and Regulation Organization, a telecommunication company official said.
Published in Hayat No newspaper.  

• The Iranian government agreed that telecommunication ministry to have negotiations with regional countries, so Iranian mobile phone operators can operator in those countries, telecommunication minister said.
Published in Mobna news agency. 

• Economic experts reacted to deputy commerce ministers saying about no change in the current 25 percent mobile sets import tariff.
Published in Mobna news agency.  

• Sms and mms can be a treat for social behavioral norms, a telecommunication expert said.  
Published in Mobna news agency  

• Pilot NGN (next generation network) tender announcement will be done soon by Telecommunication Company.
Published in ILNA news agency 

• Telecommunication ministry should deal with all the state owned and private mobile phone operators alike. Also it should regulate and implement SLA regulation in order to develop quality of services. A service level agreement (SLA) is a part of a service contract where the level of service is formally defined.
Published in Fars news agency.
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