Sci & Tech

British Telecom's £12.5 billion takeover of mobile phone firm EE has been cleared after a six-month investigation by the competition regulator.

The Competition and Markets Authority's…

1.2 Gbps is some speed to enjoy on any Internet connection. But when you are treated to this unrivaled browsing experience in a lush hotel in Abu Dhabi, the UAE, you are bound to have an…

Researchers from Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute have succeeded in the laboratorial production of nanostructures applications in various fields, including medicine, production of optical…

Smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc. said on Friday it had shipped more than 70 million handsets in 2015, undershooting its own target and casting doubts about the growth prospects of China's most…

Iran’s state TV broadcaster IRIB3 has been broadcasting video content downloaded from well-known blocked movie websites, according to a new report.

The movie, “Saving General Yang”, was…

Rightel, Iran's original 3G mobile operator, has announced its new tie-up with TP-Link, a global provider of networking products like modems, along with a set of home Internet packages.

Telegram Messenger, the most popular messaging platform in Iran, has now been intermittently blocked in Saudi Arabia, according to a new report.  Pavel Durov, the Berlin-based Russian creator…

To support newly-founded Internet-based businesses in the area of information and communication technology, a new roadmap will be prepared to detail the methods for providing them financial…

A spokesman of Afghanistan's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has announced that his country has signed an agreement with the Islamic Republic to buy Internet services from…

Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi said Iran’s Internet bandwidth has grown 3.5x in two years and hit the capacity of 276 GB per second data transfer rate.

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Netflix started working in Iran—albeit for only a brief moment—earlier this week much to the surprise of the TV soap-fixated urban population.

As Netflix realized there was a market for…

The First Festival of Innovative Businesses will be held in Lorestan Province in western Iran, said the head of Lorestan's Science and Technology Park this week.

New Internet operators will start offering services in the next two months, said the deputy of Iran's Communication's Regulatory Authority.  Recently nine new permits have been issued to…

To integrate all activities carried out in the in the field of information technology, the need for setting up a technology park with a focus on Internet of Things is a pressing necessity, said…

Iran’s Research Institute for Information and Technology has begun to develop a new social robot, named "Robodoc", which aims to function as a research assistant in science and research projects…

Apple has registered a trio of auto-related top-level domain names, including apple.car, apple.cars and apple.auto.

Updated on January 8, Whois records show Apple registered the domains…

The demo high-tech toilets from Japan are unabashedly right in the middle of the floor at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

While the toilets are not functioning ones,…

Casio has unveiled a new Android Wear-powered smartwatch at Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Dubbed WSD-F10 Smart Outdoor Watch, the timepiece is water resistant up to 50 meters and is tested to…

The results of a recent survey show 53% of all Iranians use at least one type of social media network, with the most popular messaging application being Telegram.

Iranian Students' Polling…

Netflix, the American video website and application, announced over the Iranian weekend, i.e. Thursday-Friday, that it was pushing ahead with plans to offer its video service globally.

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The start of a new year also means a chance for the tech world to start afresh. And that also means the world’s largest consumer electronics show, CES 2016, which kicks off on 6 January and runs…

MTN Irancell has launched new online services to support its subscribers and communicate with them through the highly-popular messaging application Telegram. The company has launched its Telegram…

Nvidia is kicking off CES 2016 with its traditional first keynote. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang wasted no time getting to the “punchline,” a new supercomputer for cars he’s calling the Drive PX2, the follow…

Finland’s Nokia said on Monday it has gained control of French rival Alcatel-Lucent following its €15.6-billion ($17 billion) all-share offer and the two telecom equipment makers would combine on…

Online searches using the word “Iran” in English and Persian scripts have jumped 10% during the past few days, according to Google.

The leading country heading this trend is surprisingly…