Iranian mobile news media review Tuesday Feb 9, 2010

•    Country’s internet capacity 32gb/s, internet users’ penetration rate 34%, wait time for high-speed internet 1.8 weeks and high-speed internet ports 500,000 (429,500 by private and rest by provincial telecom companies), Information Technology Co managing director announced.
Donyay-e Eghtesad, Sobh-e Eghtesad, Abrar-e Eghtesadi, Etemad and Fanavaran newspapers and Isna, Mehr, Fars, Mobna, Ilna and Moaj news agencies reported.

•    Telecommunication Company of Iran share dividends paid out eight months after general meeting held July 22.
Iran, Hamshahri, Donyay-e Eghtesad, Jahan-e Sanat, Eghtesad-e Pouya, Hadaf-o-Eghtesad, Asr-e Eghtesad, Fanavaran, Iranian and Javan newspapers and Isna news agency reported.

•    All citizens to receive National Intelligent and Health Cards, Information Technology High Council president announced.
Jomhouri, Ettelaat, Iran, Jam-e-Jam, Sobh-e Eghtesad, Fanavaran, Zaman, Vatan-e Emrooz and Tehran-e Emrooz newspapers and Fars and Isna news agencies reported.

•    Communication Infrastructure Co rerouted 50% of damaged Jusk-Fojeireh link through 16 STM1 links in north.
Abrar-e Eghtesadi, Fanavaran and Vatan-e Emrooz newspapers and Irna news agency reported.

•    Some members of Parliament criticized email and sms tapping of citizens as contrary to Late Imam Khomeini edicts and country’s Constitution.
Abrar-e Eghtesadi and Fanavaran newspapers and Mobna news agency reported.

•    Patented ICT inventions announced at 2nd National Innovations Festival.
Jahan-e Sanat and Abrar-e Eghtesadi newspapers and Mobna news agency reported.

•    Experts concerned about harmful effects of satellite TV jamming on citizens.
Abrar-e Eghtesadi and Fanavaran newspapers and Mobna news agency reported.

•    Obscure Chinese-made mobiles harmful to health, authorized agent announced.
Donyay-e Eghtesad and Gostaresh newspapers and Mobna news agency reported.

•    Country’s internet imitations and low speed main source of users complaints.
Asr-e Eghtesad and Aftab-e Yazd newspapers and Isna news agency reported.

•    100 telecommunication projects inaugurated in Fars Province to mark Islamic Revolution’s 31st anniversary.
Ebtekar and Quds newspapers and Fars news agency reported.

•    New version of Post Bank’s m-Banking software out in a month.
Fanavaran Newspaper and Mobna news agency reported.

•    Iran ranks 11th in world and 1st in region in no of postpaid sim card owners, TCI public relations announced.
Khorasan Newspaper and Mobna news agency reported.

•    Maintenance of Mobile Company of Iran’s IT equipment put to tender.
Fanavaran Newspaper and Mobna news agency reported.

•    Privatized TCI doubled Government income from company, company’s managing director announced.
Abrar-e Eghtesadi Newspaper and Isna news agency reported.

•    300 Post Bank braches equipped with ATM terminals by year’s end, bank’s director announced.
Donyay-e Eghtesad Newspaper and Iran news agency reported.

•    TCI not out to eliminate competitors, TCI managing director announced.
Mobna news agency reported.

•    Conference on e-University held at Modarres University Feb 24-28.
Mobna news agency reported.

•    Survey shows 70% ATM passwords not unique.
Fars news agency reported.
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