Iranian mobile News Media Review Monday 3 November 2008

 • According to Central Bank of Iran circular which is implemental as of 5 November banks will receive franchise fee from subscribers who refer to banks to pay their mobile phone and landline bills, so banks will gain 2 trillion rials (212 million dollars) income in a year.
Published in Iran, Afarinesh, Javan, Etemad Melli, Donyay-e Eghtesad, Hezbollah, Arman, Ghods and Jahan Sanat newspapers. Also in Fars and Hamna News agencies.

• Only Tehran banks receive surcharge fee from subscribers who refer to banks to pay their mobile phone and landline bills, a central bank of Iran official said.
Published in Fars news agency. Also in Keyhan, Jahan Eghtesad, Resalat, Sarmaye, Seday-e Edalat and Mardom Salari newspapers.

• Mobile Company of Iran postpaid sim cards subscribers can refer to www.mci.ir website and activate their sim cards GPRS service to use mobile internet.
Published in Fars news agency. Also in Iran, Karoon, Asrar, Jahan Eghtesad and Abrar Eghtesadi newspapers.

• Mms services offering regulation have been issued in Radio Communication and Regulation Organization commissions meeting.
Published in Jahan Eghtesad, Eghtesad Pouya, Zaman and Arman newspapers. Also in Mobna, Mehr, ILNA, Fars and ISNA news agencies.

• GPRS service has passed initial tests phase and has been offered to MCI subscribers as of 2 November.
Published in Poul, Jahan Eghtesad and Asr Eghtesad newspapers. Also in ILNA, Fars, Mehr and Hamna news agencies.

• Iran telecommunication company annual meeting will be held on 18 November.
Published in Iscanews news agency. Also in Rah-e Mardom, Hadaf o Eghtesad and Fanavaran newspapers.

• Third mobile phone operator tender needs some revisions, Iran telecommunication consortium secretary announced.
Published in SITNA news agency. Also in Donyay-e Eghtesad and
Jahan Sanat newspapers.

• Telecommunication Company gains 2 trillion rials profit annually from sms, a telecommunication expert said.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Jahan Eghtesad newspaper.

• Although MCIs GPRS service has passed initial tests phase and has been offered to subscribers after internet registration, but users face with this message “Too many users connected” in a link website.
Published in ISNA news agency. Also in Poul newspaper.

• Telecommunication equipments and systems license for entering to network will be issued, provided hat they do not have any technical problem.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• Mobile Company of Iran will cooperate with electricity industry to offer especial services to its subscribers.
Published in Iscanews news agency.

• There is currently no comprehensive regulation to deal with likely mms offenses, a member of the council which reviews internet related offences said.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Sobh Eghtesad newspaper.

• Internet speed that is offered via GPRS service is limited, but in future network will change to next generation data service “EDGE” which has higher internet speed. 
Published in Hamna news agency.

• Although MCI has announced that Tehrani subscribers can refer to www.mci.ir website to activate GPRS service but it is not possible when referring to GPRS page.
Published in Mehr, Mobna and Hamna news agencies. Also in Etemad newspaper.

• All guilds in Iran have independent union, so holding mobile phone independent union is necessary, an economic expert said.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Fanavran newspaper.

• Currently Mobile company of Iran has 28 million subscribers which is more that some countries population such as Malaysia, Venezuela and Peru.
Published in Mobna and Fars news agencies. Also in
Siyasat Rouz newspaper.

• Using mobile phone GPRS service has dramatically affected information, communication, economic and commerce fields, a deputy in the Iranian parliament said.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• A sociologist believes that in order to prevent immoral abuse from MMS service and the negative effect on society it is better that currently the service to be offered to postpaid sim cards which have ownership documents.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• Since MCIs GPRS service (mobile internet) is launched today for subscribers in Tehran, users should pay attention to security issues before connecting to internet.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• The reason for six million mobile phone numbers equipments production consortiums delay is lack of proper places for installing BTS antennas.
Published in SITNA news agency.

• With the expansion of IN network and the necessity to relocate the data on some of Mobile Company of Iran’s prepaid sim card subscribers, it is likely that some sim cards will experience disturbance on Nov 2-3.
Published in ILNA news agency.

• Currently Sony Ericsson brand has 31 percent of Iran mobile phone market shares, the brand`s authorized distributor Pars Comtel announced.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• GPRS service fee for MCI postpaid sim cards in non peak hours is four rials for per kilobyte data.
Published in Hamna news agency.
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