Sci & Tech

Traditional ADSL Internet provider, HiWeb, has announced it is expanding into new territory by offering 4G Internet packages to rural areas across Iran, extending high-speed web connections for…

The Communications Regulatory Authority Committee of Iran has announced the regulations and price for using mobile number portability.

In a recent announcement, CRA said users will be…

Music streaming service Spotify has seen a faster pace of growth since the launch in June last year of rival Apple Music, a top executive said on Monday.

Spotify, which was created in…

About 80% of Iranian households now have access to fast broadband Internet, with a growing share getting access to speeds of 20 megabit per second, the vice president for communications…

Iran has exported a nano cargo to South Korea, which is the first-ever such shipment after the removal of nuclear-related sanctions on January 16, Iran's vice president for science and technology…

Hit by a lower demand in mobile networks, Nokia has reported a first-quarter net loss of €513 million ($584 million) since it acquired Alcatel-Lucent, down from a standalone profit of €177 million…

Since President Hassan Rouhani's administration took office in 2013, broadband Internet subscribers in the country have increased from 4 million to 10 million, said the minister of communications…

Iran's ambassador to Jordan visited the Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East Laboratory (SESAME), indicating the country's intention to intensify…

Iran's Internet trends in April have shifted away from the usual staple of home video shows and news events to other national pastimes—like watching football.

In first place through the…

The Eighth International Symposium on Telecommunications (IST 2016) has been scheduled for September 27-29.

Iranian and foreign professors and researchers are expected to attend the event…

The second international and 14th national Genetics Congress of Iran will convene in Tehran on May 21-23 to discuss the industry in light of the current changes in Iran's global standing since the…

Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mahmoud Vaezi said the development of ICT infrastructures tops the agenda of President Hassan Rouhani's administration and it will be used for…

The Google Self-Driving Car Project and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles have announced that they will integrate Google’s self-driving technology into all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to…

Apple Inc has lost a battle for the use of the "iPhone" trademark on leather goods in China, after a Beijing court ruled against the world's biggest technology company in favor of a local firm,…

South Korea and Iran agreed to promote partnership in the fields of science and technology during South Korean President Park Geun-hye's landmark visit to Tehran.

Islamic Azad University’s Oxford Branch will start admissions from the next academic semester, said IAU’s deputy for education. The Oxford Branch has obtained the permits and licenses for…

Technological breakthroughs taking place globally are also expected to transform social, cultural and economic interactions in Tehran in the coming decade.

Nobody saw how a simple…

A new health-focused app has been developed and released in Iran.

Karafs (meaning celery in Farsi) is an application that utilizes scientific methods to help users maintain a balanced…

German researchers have discovered a handwritten manuscript of Iran’s Avicenna in which the Persian philosopher and scientist watched a phenomenon now known as a supernova. A brief observation of…

The discovery of three planets that circle a small, dim star could bolster the chances of finding life beyond Earth, astronomers said on Monday.

Head of Shiraz University's International Relations Office said 20 memoranda of understanding have been signed with several foreign universities in the past two years.

Zohreh Azimifar made…

Iranian technology activists have launched “The Things Network of Tehran,” a global open crowdsourced Internet of Things data network, which is the first of its kind in the Middle East.

Ali…

Chancellor of Sharif University of Technology Mahmoud Fotouhi Firouzabad announced the university’s plans to expand cooperation with Iraq and Afghanistan.

Shopping for furniture is one of the most difficult tasks to do, especially in Tehran. When one sets out to buy a sofa, for example, deciding on what to take home can be very confusing as there is…

Mobile roaming charges within the EU will now be significantly cheaper after an interim cap came into effect ahead of a full ban next year.

The cap makes roaming within the EU 75% cheaper…