Iranian mobile News Media Review Monday 27 October 2008

• Since needed licenses have been issued for Irancell to offer MMS (multi media messaging) service, Irancell announced the way for activating this service.
Published in IRNA, ISNA, Iscanews, Mouj and Hamna news agencies. Also in Asrar, Abrar, Fanavaran, Farhang Ashti, Kaenat, Khabar, Khorasan, Abrar Eghtesadi, Hambastegi, Zaman, Hezbollah, Sedaye Edalat and Donyay-e Eghtesad newspapers.

• First Iran independent mobile phone network, Taliya, has bought some equipment to expand its network capacity to have another two million subscribers.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Keyhan, Sarmaye, Jahan Eghtesad, Tafahom, Fanavaran and Donyay-e Eghtesad newspapers.

• Mobile Company of Iran’s phone bill payment system for postpaid sim cards has been launched by connecting to Bank Melli’s 2784 phone number in Tehran.
Published in Bina news agency. Also in Hayat No, Khabar, Arman, Ebtekar and Asr Eghtesad newspapers.

• Currently second national digital media exhibition is being held, it will likely become international in coming year.
Published in ILNA news agency. Also in Siyasat Rouz, Etelaat, Eghtesad Pouya and Abrar Eghtesadi newspapers.

• Some Mobile Company of Irans sim cards should be changed in order to use mms (multi media messaging) and GPRS services, a MCI official said.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Sobh Eghtesad, Donyay-e Eghtesad and Abrar Eghtesadi newspapers.

• With current 25 percent import tariff for mobile set implementing value added tax law will only boost mobile set smuggling, a mobile set distributor said.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Fanavaran newspaper.

• Unmoral Bluetooth has negative effect on youth behavior, a sociologist believes.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Abrar Eghtesadi newspaper.

• Mobile Company of Iran’s prepaid sim card subscribers who fail to recharge their sim cards within a year will lose their phone number.
Published in Mobna news agency. Also in Khabar newspaper.

• Landline sms service will be offered in Tehran provided that it passes its pilot phase, Peikasa group member said.
Published in SITNA news agency. Also in Abrar Eghtesadi newspaper.

• Argentina’s Telecom Personal and Denmark’s TDC mobile phone operators are the latest to sign international roaming contract with Mobile Company of Iran.
Published in Khorshid newspaper.

• World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2008 (WTSA-08) is being held in “Johannesburg, South Africa” and two groups from Iran Telecommunication company and information technology and communication ministry attended in it.
Published in Fanavaran newspaper.

• Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) 2008, the Middle East’s largest technology show held in Dubai with more than 3300 companies from 83 countries.
Published in ISNA news agency. Also in Abrar Eghtesadi newspaper.

• Eghtesad Novin clients can now download the banks mobile banking software.
Published in Etemad newspaper.

• Telefon-e Hamrah monthly, in its latest issue, has made a polemical suggestion to the country’s telecom authorities in its leading article.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• Mobile Compnay of Iran does not make any decision to offer MMS (multi media messaging) service to public yet.
Published in Hamna news agency.
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