Cell phones in Iran
Phone Networks in Iran |
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Latest Telecoms News from Iran |
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Iran Cancels 3rd Mobile License - to Hold New Tender The Iranian government has reportedly stripped Zain of its mobile license in the country, although there seems to be some confusion about whether the company ever had the license in the first place....MTN Says No Significant Financial Impact on Iran Subsidiary South Africa's MTN has denied reports that its Iranian subsidiary would lose at least a months worth of operating income due to the ongoing political strife in the country....Nokia Siemens Networks Confirms Sale of Eavesdropping Kit to Iran Nokia Siemens Networks has responded to recent speculation about sales it made of network monitoring kit to the Iranian government, confirming that it provided Lawful Intercept capability solely for the monitoring of local voice calls in Iran....Tweeting Iran: Elex news in 140 characters or less An opposition activist spreads word of an upcoming protest in the streets of Tehran. Another posts pictures of clashes between demonstrators and police....Ahmadinejad's power vs `green' reformist in Iran It's just a two-sentence text message bouncing among young Iranian voters. But it carries some big hopes....Etisalat Blames Local Partner for Loss of Iranian License The slightly confused situation over Iran's third mobile phone license was further complicated over the weekend when Etisalat said that it is still in talks with the Iranian regulator to get the license back....Iran Cancels 3rd Mobile Phone License The Iranian government has reportedly cancelled the award of the country's 3rd mobile phone license to an Etisalat lead consortium, saying the company had failed "to give necessary guarantees and license fees on time"....MTN Group Subscriber Base Jumps 8% in Three Months South Africa based MTN Group has published an update of its global subscriber based and recorded 98.2 million customers at 31 March 2009. This is an 8% increase for the quarter from 90.65 million subscribers recorded at the end of last year....WiMAX Forum Reports 13 New Networks Announced in April The WiMAX Forum has started publishing a monthly report on network developments and statistics. The first issue notes that approximately 13 new WiMAX network deployments were announced in April. ...UAE based Etisalat says that it expects to invest up to US$5 billion over the next five years in its new Iranian network, its chairman, Mohammed Hassan Omran said on Sunday. At least US$1 billion would be spent within the first year to launch the network.... |
