New 0910 sim cards to be distributed sooner than scheduled

The officials have said that the distribution of this kind of sim cards will begin around mid-July.
The new sim cards which are sold at 1.5 million rials (160 dollars) lack roaming services.
“The countries with whom we have contract have delivered non assigned sim cards to us sooner than expected time, thus we can distribute 0910 sim cards sooner than scheduled,” customer services and subscribers general manager deputy in state owned Mobile Company of Iran (MCI), Ali Reza Asgharnejad told Mobna news agency.
“If the radio network and switching center of the telecommunication company coordinate properly with us then these sim cards will distributed this week.” he added.
MCI has earlier announced that these sim cards will go on walk-in sale from July 13.
So far almost 100,000 persons have purchased these sim cards via internet.
The new 0910 sim cards are prepaid ones which can be charged 200,000 rials (around 20 dollars) at initial start but can be charged later up to 500,000 rials (around 50 dollars).

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