Sci & Tech

Telegram messenger, the most popular communications app in Iran, launched its voice calling service on April 13, however, according to a new tweet by the company’s founder Pavel Durov the new…

Fast food chain Burger King has been criticized by large swathes of the public following a 15-second advert which triggered Google Home devices to read out the ingredients and make-up of a burger…

The director of a recently-launched motorbike delivery app AloPeyk.com has claimed his couriers earn four times the average national income using the new internet based service. Mehdi Nayebi,…

Past cyber attacks on scores of organizations around the world were conducted with top-secret hacking tools that were exposed recently by the web publisher Wikileaks, the security researcher…

The judiciary said it has published new regulations on the use of Telegram messenger, the most widely used mobile communications application in Iran, related to in campaign activities for the May…

On the sidelines of the Asia Nano Forum in Tokyo, an international memorandum was signed between the representatives of Iran Russia, South Korea and Taiwan to give Iran ‘permanent secretariat’…

South African-based MTN Group is negotiating with the Telecommunication Infrastructure Company of Iran (TIC) about investing in the expansion of the  fiber-optic network.

One area of…

Qualcomm Inc. hit back at Apple Inc.’s charges that were made in a US lawsuit in January, saying the iPhone maker breached agreements with the firm and encouraged regulatory attacks on its…

Iran's scientific research is well known in the international community, often surprising foreign academia on the scale of topics currently being researched, however, problems persist hampering…

Iran’s third largest mobile operator, and the country’s first 3G network, RighTel, announced on April 8 that it intends to list its shares on the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) in the coming months…

A report says Internet tariffs have actually increased since 2013 and after  President Hassan Rouhani took office, refuting earlier official reports to the contrary.

The Young…

Following the increasing pattern of online shops and services on the Persian-language Internet, two new websites have been launched recently -- one of them offering services unheard of. The…

Mahmoud Vaezi, the minister of telecommunications and information technology, says the ministry is studying the possible launch of Telegram calls in Iran.

The 12th RoboCup IranOpen concluded on Friday with hundreds of enthusiasts testing their hardware against international rivals.

According to the RoboCup website, the event’s aim is to…

The Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministry says it has plans to improve and expand the key sector by offering incentives and tax exemptions to technology related business, Mehr…

Bank Saderat and MTN-Irancell — the second largest Iranian mobile operator — unveiled new services based on Near Field Communication (NFC) in the northern port city of Bandar Anzali on the Caspian…

Smoking in Iran is at record levels, social observers and  national health groups say. Every day more and more people are taking up the habit, some as young as 13 years old, according to the…

The Iranian ICT market has grown three-fold since 2013 as new players enter the robust sector with an eye on digitization and a share of the gradually expanding market.

Progress in the…

A sensational new material that could offer clean water for millions of people around the world has been created in the lab in the north of England.

The government is to invest 4.9 trillion rials ($130 million) in the ICT sector in the eastern Khorasan Razavi Province.

According to CITNA, 3.2 trillion rials ($84 million) will be…

President Hassan Rouhani launched Iran’s first ‘smart city’ at Anzali Free Trade-Industrial Zone near the Caspian Sea on March 30 following his trip to Russia.

According to a local…

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 has yet to officially hit the shelves in Iran (apart from a couple of stores claiming to have the new phone in stock at 30 million rials), but it has already caused an issue…

Sales from science-based companies doubled during the last fiscal year (ended March 20) and reached 200 billion rials ($5 million) compared to the 100 billion rials ($2.5 million) in the preceding…

An Iranian advertising company, Novin Marketing has begun selling advertisement for Iranian companies via Google’s AdSense software, according to claims by the enterprise.

A new website bdok.ir has been launched which allows people with little technical knowledge to create an online store.

The locally-developed platform is the latest entry to the rapidly…