Iranian mobile news media review Thursday Oct 22, 2009

•    Mesbah Satellite design and production cost 24 billion rials and 6.1 million Euros in 2005 in cooperation of Italian company and planned to be sent into space from Russia but it was not.
Mehr and ISNA news agencies, Donyay-e Eghtesad, Etelaat, Kayhan, Andisheh No, Vatan Emrouz, Hadaf o Eghtesad, Farhang Ashti, Abrar Eghtesadi, Jahan Sanat, Sarmayeh and Poul newspapers reported.

IranCell customer care center hotline numbers changed. Such centers active round-the-clock every day.
Mobna, ILNA, ISNA, SITNA and Moj news agencies, Keyhan, Donyay-e Eghtesad, Poul, Andisheh No, Abrar Eghtesadi, Abrar, Fanavaran and Jahan Sanat newspapers reported.

•    Profit of 6% TCI share to go to Social Security Organization towards increase in pensioners’ allowances.
Mobna and Mehr news agencies, Donyay-e Eghtesad, Hamshahri, Fanavaran, Farhang Ashti, Hayat No, Sarmayeh, Abrar Eghtesadi, Gostaresh, Javan and Hadaf o Eghtesad newspapers reported.

•    Workgroup formed to monitor Tehran Province Communication Service Bureaus establishment.
ISNA news agency, Fanavaran, Abrar Eghtesadi, Poul, Sarmayeh, Jahan Sanat and Eghtesad Pouya newspapers reported.

•    Country’s fiber optic network disconnections high compared with similar countries.
ISNA news agency, Abrar Eghtesadi, Sobh Eghtesad, Sarmayeh, Eghtesad Pouya and Poul newspapers reported.
 
•    Despite mobile market recession, demand for second-hand mobile sets is high.
Mobna news agency, Iran, Gostaresh, Sarmayeh, Javan and Ebtekar newspapers reported.
In Tehran Telecom exhibition this year more than 30 new services to be launched.
Mobna news agency, Etelaat, Sobh Eghtesad and Eghtesad Pouya newspapers reported.
 
•    All obstacles to Post Bank privatization removed and bank stocks currently on offer on bourse, Post Bank director announced.
IRNA news agency, Eghtesad Pouya, Poul and Gostaresh newspapers reported.
 
•    Authorized Motorola mobile import stopped, Pars Comtel managing director announced.
Donyay-e Eghtesad, Fanavaran and Jahan Sanat newspapers reported.

•    Tehran Telecommunication Company to attract advertising companies to use 118 telephone directory potentials.
Jahan Sanat and Sobh-e Eghtesad newspapers reported.

•    Reduction in sale of new Mobile Company of Iran postpaid sim cards following customers’ purchase of prepaid sim cards.
Sarmayeh and Gostaresh newspapers reported.

•    MCI prepaid sim card customers can recharge sim cards by 20,000 rials directly through company’s portal.
Ettelaat and Fanavaran newspapers reported.

•    Iranian e-Commerce Association established.
Poul and Abrar Eghtesadi newspapers reported.

•    Ministry of Health given 3 months to report on effects of satellite TV jamming on citizens,
Parliament health committee spokesman announced.
Jvan and Jahan Sanat newspapers reported.

•    Esfahan Province WiMax service launched within 2 months, Esfahan Mobile Company managing director announced.
Sobh Eghtesad Newspaper reported.

•    Postal services exempted from Government subsidy.
Abrar Eghtesadi Newspapers reported.

•    Country’s broadband data increased to over 99 STM1.
Ettelaat Newspaper reported.

•    Justice Share dividends to be paid through Post Bank branches.
Ebtekar Newspaper reported.
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