Iranian mobile News Media Review Sunday 9 November 2008

• Old MCI sim cards do not work with new technologies and services. In order to use value added services subscribers should change their old sim cards, MCI official said.
Published in ISNA news agency. Also in Tafahom, Fanavaran, Abrar Eghtesadi, Khabar, Jahan Eghtesad, Afarinesh, Sarmaye and Ghods newspapers.
 
• So far 100,000 MCI subscribers have registered for receiving GPRS service, Mobile Company of Iran network official said.
Published in Mobna and Fars news agencies. Also in Hezbolla, Donyay-e Eghtesad, Khorshid, Sobh Eghtesad, Karoon, Ebtekar, Fanavaran and Arman newspapers.

• First ICT (information and communication technology) and media festival will be held within 20 January – 18 February period, ICT ministry official said.
Published in FArs, Borna and ISNA news agencies. Also in Jahan Eghtesad, Fanavaran, Donyay-e Eghtesad and  Eghtesad Pouya newspapers.

• Technical infrastructures for electronic signature have been prepared and electronic signature is being developed in country, commerce ministry official said.
Published in FArs news agency. Also in Fanavaran, Poul and Abrar Eghtesadi newspapers.

• Implementing common use of BTS antennas by mobile phone operators is waiting for tariff approval by Radio Communication and Regulation Organization, MCI official said.
Published in Donyay-e Eghtesad and Fanavaran newspapers. Also in Mobna news agency.

• Third mobile phone operator will start its operation by March 2009, third operator tender manager said.
Published in Mehr news agency. Also in Tafahom and Javan newspapers.
 
• Radio Communication and Regulations Organization intends to delegate its survey works regarding GSM networks in the country to a private contractor.
Published in Mobna, ISNA and Fars news agencies. Also in Abrar Eghtesadi and Fanavaran newspapers.

• Iran Telecommunication Consortium is aware of third mobile phone operator tender and adjusted its plan with tender documents terms, ITC secretary said.
Published in SITNA news agency. Also in Abrar Eghtesadi and Donyay-e Eghtesad newspapers.

• Police force asked people to provide immoral Bluetooth publisher information for police.
Published in Jahan Sanat and Arman newspapers.

• MCI subscribers who live near borders and who rarely go abroad it is better to refer to MCI telecommunication service bureaus and deactivate their roaming service, MCI official said.
Published in Fars news agency, also in Iran and Khorshid newspapers.

• Telecommunication and bank system should prepare needed infrastructures for electronic trading 10 folds growth in a year, a commerce ministry official said.
Published in Borna news agency, also in Asr Eghtesad and Khorshid newspapers.

• In Iran dome commodities import tariff such as mobile sets are influenced by domestic production, an economic expert said.
Published in Mobna news agency, also in Fanavaran newspaper.
 
• Mobile phone community does not have right to interfere in mobile phone guild operation, Iran guilds council head said.
Published in Mobna news agency, also in Fanavaran newspaper.
 
• Those mobile sets which use MCI sim cards consumes less battery and gets less signals, since MCI has many BTS sites, Mobile Company of Iran official said.
Published in Fars news agency, also in Arman newspaper.
 
• MCI subscribers can activate the GPRS service free of charge. Currently subscribers via GPRS service can access e-mail, websites and downloading files on their mobile phones, MCI official said.
Published in ISNA news agency, also in Etelaat newspaper.

• Use of mobile phone in Iran primary schools banned, Education ministry official said.
Published in Fars news agency, also in Jahan Sanat newspaper.

• Expanding telecommunication infrastructure will lead to increase in services offering speed, a MCI sms contractor said.
Published in IRNA news agency, also in Fanavaran newspaper.

• Mobile Company of Iran decreased signaling power in borders areas in order to remove border overlapping of networks, a MCI official said.
  Published in Mobna news agency.

• Strict laws should be set to confront with mms abusers in order to impede unwanted events, a lawyer said.
Published in Mobna news agency.

• Network improvement is among Mobile Company of Iran’s main goals, its technical and engineering director announced.
   Published in Mobna news agency.

• Last changes in third mobile phone operator tender schedule has been announced.
Published in Hamna news agency.
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