Chinese smartphone producer Huawei has joined hands with Iran’s first (and still largest) general e-retailer platform, Digikala and is offering special sales packages for its latest flagship…
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MTN said on Monday that it has agreed to invest $300 million in the Iranian fixed broadband provider Iranian Net and lend the company $450 million, according to local…
Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) has launched a new project in collaboration with Chinese networking and telecommunications equipment and services company Huawei Technologies, to integrate…
The Iranian Fund for Innovation and Prosperity (NSFund) has approved a 2% cut in the interest rate of export loans in a renewed effort to help boost Iran-made knowledge-based products in the…
The tablet craze from a few years ago showed more signs of fading this year, with most major producers reporting sales declines, recent market surveys showed.
International Data Corporation…
The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) has launched an updated website to check ownership of cellular SIM cards as part of a transparency drive to stop mobile phone dealers holding too many…
Russia’s telecoms watchdog has blocked China’s WeChat, the popular social media app developed by Tencent Holdings, the South China Morning Post reported, citing information posted on the Russian…
Ahmed Subhi from Baghdad is riding high on his smartphone app called Wajbety (My Meal), a service similar to Iran’s Reyhoon and ZoodFood which uses a smartphone application to place an order for…
Authorities, sections of the people and drivers have been calling for devising a program for online payment for taxi services. Several schemes had been proposed but none so far has come to…
Over-the-air Internet provider Mobinnet has launched 4G Internet services in Iran’s northern region of Gorgan, according to reports in local media.
The service launched on May 3, is the…
New Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) SamanTel has launched its pricing structure for calls, SMS and Internet as part of a push to become one of the first virtual operators to establish its…
A new website called Dideo.ir, which uses a meta search engine to scour the Internet’s biggest video websites, has been launched by students at Iran’s Sharif University of Technology in Tehran…
In the past couple of years more than two dozen firms prepared themselves to join the newly emerging Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) market in Iran in the hope that with several new players…
Swiss bank Credit Suisse AG has deployed 20 robots in its offices, some of which are helping employees answer basic compliance questions, the bank's global markets chief executive, Brian Chin,…
A spokesman for the Anti-Smuggling Headquarters says the long awaited national scheme to curb the huge and growing market for smuggled smartphones will be launched in June.
The registration of the 23nd round of the International Exhibition of Electronics, Computer and E-Commerce (Elecomp 2017) has been launched. Elecomp 2017, is a four day event (starts July 21)…
Iran's science-based firms have exported goods worth $500 million since 2013, according to one official with knowledge of the subject.
The outgoing administration has been one of the strong…
The official representative of Samsung Electronics in Iran is set to launch the sales of two new phones on May 4.
The presale of the latest Samsung flagship smartphones – the Galaxy S8 and…
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has denied it has blocked the live streaming function part of Instagram called Instalive following reports on social media suggesting that…
Tehran will host the first Iran 3D Printing Contest from April 30 to May 3.
The Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology has organized the event that opened at the International…
Turkey has blocked online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the telecommunications watchdog said, citing a law allowing it to ban access to websites deemed obscene or a threat to national security.
Snapp, Tap30, and Carpino are three ride-hailing applications which have become regular discussions at the dining table in Tehran. The services have radically transformed how people use cars and…
Using new gene-editing technology, US researchers have rewired mouse stem cells to fight inflammation caused by arthritis and other chronic conditions in a landmark experiment which could be used…
Microsoft Corp slightly missed Wall Street’s average revenue estimate for the latest quarter on Thursday, as sales of its Surface tablets and laptops slumped in the face of revamped competition in…
Head of the Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran (locally known as Hamrahe Aval) said at the company’s general assembly meeting that MCI has attracted 103 trillion rials ($2.7 billion)…
