Iranian mobile News Media Review Thursday 6 November 2008

• Mobile Company of Iran GPRS service monthly fee has been determined 50,000 rials for 5,000 kilobyte, TCI announced.
Published in Keyhan, Jam-e Jam, Ebtekar, Seday-e Edalat, Andishe No, Mardom Salari, Abrar Eghtesadi, Jahan Sanat, Sobh Eghtesad, Javan, Tafahom, Karoon, Abrar, Iran, Poul, Aftab, Khabar and Sarmaye newspapers. Also in Mobna, IRNA, ILNA, Fars, Mehr, Iscanews and Mouj news agencies. 

• First BTS antennas for operators to use frequently has been prepaid, Ertebate Moshterake Shahr Compnay announced.
Published in Afarinesh, Poul, Eghtesad Pouya, Donyaye Eghtesad, Jahan Sanat, Sobh Eghtesad and Abrar Eghtesad newspapers. Also in ISNA news agency.  

• UTEL Ukrtelecom – Ukrainian National Telecommunications Operator joined to Mobile Company of Iran roaming network.
Published in Eghtesad Pouya, Tafahom Arman and Abrar newspapers. Also in Mobna, ISNA, IRNA, Fars, Iscanews, Mouj and Hamna news agencies.

• Mobile Company of Iran GPRS service monthly fee has been omitted.
Published in Zaman and Hezbollah newspapers. Also in ISNA, ILNA, Farsn ILNA and Hamna news agencies.
 
• Mobile Company of Iran managing director announced that it will offer mms service in the coming month. Also calls fee for pilgrims in the holy Mecca is decreased and they will not be charged for sms. Also he said that 100 percent of country roads will be covered by the end of this Iranian year (March 2009).
Published in Etelaat and Jahan Sanat newspapers.

• Mobile Company of Iran has gained 940 billion rials (94 million dollars) income from sms in first half of this Iranian year (beginning March 2008), the company official said.
Published in Sarmaye newspaper. Also in Mobna news agency.

• Any effort by authorities to shy away from lowering mobile handset import tariff will be detrimental to consumers, an economist said.
Published in Abrar Eghtsadi newspaper. Also in Mobna news agency.

• Telecommunication Company of Iran’s chairman of directing board has announced that TCI new charter has been approved by representatives of provincial telecom companies.
Published in Tafahom newspaper.

• One day mobile phone technologies meeting will be held with Amir Kabir university cooperation in coming month, technology research and training office chief director said.
Published in Sarmaye newspaper.

• Mobile phone operators who want to install BTS antennas should provide health permission from the regions medical sciences universities.
Published in Etelaat newspaper. Also in Fars news agency.

• Khaje Nasir-aldin Tousi university experts succeeded to design software to pay telephone bills by mobile phone.
Published in Etelaat newspaper. Also in ISNA news agency.

• More than 200,000 mobile sets in that market which have been imported via illegal means are not standard, mobile phone, accessories and electronic spare parts head said.
Published in Iran newspaper. Also in IRNA news agency.

• Wimax tender (high speed internet service) packages have been opened in 3 November.
Published in Khabar newspaper. Also in ISNA news agency.

• MCI gprs service fee is likely to decrease when it would be offered to other cities, Mobile Company of Iran official said.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• Mobile Company of Iran sent sms fee will be calculated according to Delivery report and the company will not charge failed sent sms a company official said.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• Visiting Iran Telecom 2008 exhibition (information and telecommunication industries ninth exhibition) is free of charge.
Published in Mobna news agency.
 
• The research and production policies department at the ministry of economic affairs should oversee domestic mobile handset production, an economist said.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• It is planned that MCIs GPRS service to be offered to prepaid sim cards after its operation for postpaid sim cards has been approved, MCI official said.
Published in Borna news agency.

• Regulation for using MCI mobile internet (GPRS) is like as using home internet.
Published in Fars news agency.

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