The Covid pandemic has spurred the development of a variety of online services, with e-health platforms achieving great success. They are expected to remain in use, even after the pandemic ends…
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<p>Read the latest news about Iran's technology industries, from startups, mobile networks, innovative companies and e-commerce.</p>
Mobile phone and cellular internet subscriptions in Iran increased by 160% and 109%, respectively, at the end of the current fiscal year’s third quarter (Sept. 23-Dec. 31), while the number of…
Domestic knowledge-based companies and startups active in the technology ecosystem have developed 17 innovative products to improve road traffic and reduce air pollution. This was in response…
Skyroom, a domestic platform for holding webinars, online training courses, web conferencing sessions and live webcasts, has been used by 27 million people since the fiscal 2017-18.
An Iranian biotechnology company has produced a kit for diagnosing congenital and genetic disorders. The birth defect diagnosis kit was mass-produced by Iranian Pooyesh-e Gen Biotechnology…
With the completion of the Comprehensive Trade Information System, the flow of goods and money will be integrated in the supply chains, the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade announced in…
Iran’s Digital Media Regulatory Authority, known by its Persian acronym Satra, has released a report on the content evaluation and ranking of user-centric media.
A total of 13.06 million smartphones and cellphones worth $2.94 billion were imported in the current Iranian year’s first nine months (March 21-Dec. 21), registering a 42% and 117% growth in…
Iranian knowledge-based companies have manufactured three products that are cheaper and more efficient than foreign counterparts, in addition to offering after-sale services. These products…
A total of 27,000 taxis in the city of Tehran are equipped with a QR code payment system, but fewer than half of them use this platform to receive their taxi fares.
Chinese citizens lashed out online against billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk's space ambitions after China complained that its space station was forced to take evasive action to avoid…
Harakat-e-Aval, meaning the first move in Persian, as a major investment arm affiliated with Mobile Telecommunications Company of Iran, abbreviated as MCI, presented an overview of its…
Earth is in the midst of a climate crisis. Thanks to rising CO2 emissions since the early 20th century, global temperatures are rising, triggering a positive feedback cycle that threatens to…
The government’s policy is not to restrict access to the internet, the minister of information and communications technologies said in his first press conference on Dec. 18.
As 2021 draws to a close, Google has published the list of trending queries of different countries, including Iran. Available on Trends.google.com, the report can be modified to show what…
Tehran’s Oil Tech Park, which is affiliated with the Oil Ministry, has signed four collaboration agreements with domestic technology entities to utilize their smart solutions in the conventional…
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket for a record 11th time on Dec. 18, sending a new stack of Starlink satellites into orbit from California in a predawn liftoff.
Two innovation centers will open in Karaj, the provincial center of Alborz, and Isfahan next week, the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, an affiliate of the Ministry of…
The Information and Communications Technologies Ministry and its affiliated organizations will get 139.88 trillion rials ($466.29 million) next year, according to the fiscal 2022-23 budget bill…
Tejarat Bank, an Iranian state-run bank, has agreed to pay the Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology 8 trillion rials ($26.6 million) in aid package to assist the development of…
The government’s initiatives for extending resources and facilities to develop the technology ecosystem are helping curb the country’s dependency on oil-based revenues and establish a knowledge-…
Tech officials in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan's provincial capital, intend to set up an innovation center for youngsters and elementary school students. According to Ali Fata, chairman of the…
NASA has named the members of its new astronaut candidate class who may help establish a sustainable presence on the moon.
The entry of conventional Iranian schools into the digital world has gained traction in recent years, as projects to connect urban and rural educational centers to high-speed internet are…
Government officials have declared the startup ecosystem to be Iran's future business sector because it has the potential to reduce the country's reliance on natural resource sales and boost…
