VIEW: Mobile Phone News in Iranian Mass Media, Tuesday, May 27, 2008

• MCI SIM card price drops to 250,000 rials
• SIM cards prices in Tehran
• Highest sold mobile phones in Tehran yesterday
• Sony Ericsson W760 review
• Latest Samsung available now
• “Mobile phone still expensive”
• “Mobile phone import again under 25% tariffs”

Articles Digest:
• Last year, a few people could expect that MCI prepaid SIM cards would excel its postpaid ones, wrote MOBNA. This was published today in the Iranian mass media, including Sobh-e Eghtesad, Donya-ye Eghtesad, Sarmayeh and Jahan-e Eghtesad dailies.
• CEO of Informatic Industries Research Center said in an interview with CITNA that standardization of mobile phones needs regulations. This was published today in Donya-ye Eghtesad, Asr-e Eghtesad and Tafahom dailies. This had been published yesterday in two other dailies.
• The prices of MCI prepaid SIM cards dropped to 250,000 rials, wrote Fars news agency. This was published today in Tafahom daily. This had been published yesterday in five other dailies.
• Trades of MCI, Taliya and Irancell SIM cards all have been dull in Tehran during the past days, wrote MOBNA. This was published today in Tehran-e Emrouz daily.
• Mobile phone sellers in Tehran’s Jomhouri mobile phone market named Nokia E65, Sony Ericsson K810, Samsung G800, Motorola A1200, HTC Touch and i-mate JAMA as the highest sold mobile phones in Tehran.
• Sony Ericsson W760 is the first model that has GPS, wrote MOBNA.
• Samsung latest mobile phone F480, which was revealed in February 2008, has now been put on market.
• Jahan-e Sanat daily today published a news item titled “Mobile phone still expensive” that discusses in detail the high prices of mobile phones during the past month despite decreasing import tariff.
• Fanavaran daily today published a news item titled “Mobile phone import again with 25% tariff” that discusses in detail the Nokia’s authorized resellers in Iran resumed importing under 25 percent tariffs.
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