According to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, 72 million SIM cards are active in Iran, indicating a mobile technology penetration rate…
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<p>Read the latest news about Iran's technology industries, from startups, mobile networks, innovative companies and e-commerce.</p>
Philips, the Dutch maker of LED lights and medical scanners, on Tuesday reported core fourth quarter earnings ahead of expectations, but issued a cautious outlook for 2016. The company, which is…
The post-sanctions era presents an ideal opportunity for local search engines to cooperate with major foreign players, including Bing and Yahoo, said the secretary of the Administrative Council…
An Iranian firm has launched a service familiar to international website users, a Whois site. The new site, which provides detailed website ownership information in Persian, has been…
Britain's banks need to dedicate far greater resources toward securing their IT infrastructure and should have a designated board member overseeing the issue, a senior lawmaker said, following a…
Iranian researchers have produced laboratorial samples of scaffolds made of nanofibers to produce cells from stem cells to cure diseases.
Iran and China have been negotiating a deal to cooperate on Iran's fiber optic and satellite projects, said Iran's minister of communications and information technology.
According to…
All villages with at least 20 households and above will receive high-speed Internet, a deputy at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said.
"Specialists of the ministry…
Things have changed in Iran, with a sportsman and higher education rising to the top of the local Internet charts via Google's analytics service.
Only a week after China's leading electronics brand, Xiaomi, set up a Middle East office in Dubai, it has now also expanded business in Iran by teaming up with an official sales representative.…
The lifting of sanctions is an excellent opportunity for Armenia’s entrepreneurs, especially those in information and high technology sectors to enter the Iranian market.
Iranian researchers have produced a special nanostructured coating that can be used in aircraft bodies to protect them against the elements.
The first round of online programming competitions, CodeCup, will be hosted by Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. According to Mehr News Agency, aside from the problem solving and coding…
Iran's second largest mobile operator, MTN-Irancell, has announced its expansion of customer care centers around the country. The company now reports having 182 such centers in cities across Iran…
For Apple, Iran’s 78 million people offer a particularly attractive new market, as 42% of its people are under age 30.
The country also boasts a relative large middle class highly…
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and its affiliates are to receive 3.7 quadrillion rials ($124 million at official exchange rate) as part of the government's budget for…
MTN, the part owner of MTN-Irancell, increased 2.3% to R120.50 on Monday on news that sanctions against Iran have been lifted, a move that would free up more than $1 billion in frozen accumulated…
The world's most popular messaging service, WhatsApp, is dropping its token $1 fee still levied on some users as it experiments with making businesses pay to reach their customers, Chief Executive…
A mobile phone application programming marathon, known as Hackarestan, will be held over three days starting January 27 in Tehran.
The first of its kind, the event will focus on producing…
A new type of software is being developed that will allow users to shop online using "credit cards", directly from the Iran Post Company's website, said the managing director of IPC this…
The 6th International Conference on Nanostructures will be held on Kish Island early March 2016. The Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Sharif University of Technology is to organize…
China's largest online direct sales firm, JD.com, said on Saturday it will raise 6.65 billion yuan ($1 billion) for its JD Finance subsidiary from investors, including Sequoia Capital China, China…
Starting with the current 6th generation Skylake processors, future central processing units are only going to be fully compatible with Windows 10, Microsoft has confirmed. In other words, if you…
Uber has been fined $7.6 million by the California Public Utilities Commission for a failure to report data on its drivers.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the ride-hail company said it…
Researchers at a knowledge-based company in Iran have developed an indigenous software for traffic monitoring cameras that can monitor traffic conditions and catch driver violations.
The…
