MCI has installed more than 15,000 BTS antennas in country
Base Transceiver Station (BTS) is the equipment which facilitates the wireless communication between user equipments (UE) and the network. UEs are devices like mobile phones (handsets), WLL phones, and computers with wireless internet connectivity, WiFi and WiMAX gadgets.
MCI installed BTS antennas numbers nationwide were 5,398 by 22 September 2005, the number has grown 195 percent from beginning of Ahmadinejad government (24 June 2005).
Also 27,773,850 mobile phone numbers were active by 21 September 2008 that shows 297 percent growth in mobile phone lines from beginning of Ahmadinejad government (24 June 2005) till now.
Currently 1,056 cities are under MCI mobile phone network coverage.
First mobile phone operator MCI has inked mobile phone roaming service contracts with 231 operators in 102 countries which has grown 89 percent.
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