Divar, an Iranian e-commerce company, providing consumer-to-consumer sales and exchange services via the Internet, has been launched in Afghanistan.
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Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp will set up a 1.2-billion-yuan ($180.38 million) fund to invest in private technology, media and communication startups, and diversify its business.
Official statistics released to local media indicate that SIM cards have a penetration rate of over 190% in Iran.
Despite this, and for reasons that are not entirely clear, a large…
A new service announced by the government will allow people to access online services via an Android mobile application. The "Favakade" app enables cellphone users to access e-services provided by…
Iran has purchased the rights to two geostationary orbit positions from the International Telecommunications Union, the deputy director of Iran's Space Agency announced.
In an interview…
Researchers at Babol University of Technology in northern Iran have synthesized a nano membrane that can facilitate seawater desalination. Zahid Dabbaghian, the project manager, described the…
Rolls-Royce is not limiting its robotic transportation plans to luxury cars.
The British transportation firm has outlined a strategy for deploying remote-controlled and autonomous cargo…
The US government has extended through August 30 a reprieve to ZTE Corp. on tough export restrictions imposed on the Chinese smartphone maker in March for allegedly breaking sanctions against Iran…
Iran's Ambassador to Belarus Mohammad Reza Sabouri voiced Tehran’s willingness to promote bilateral relations with Minsk in the fields of science and technology. “Science and innovative…
The running gear market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.35% by 2020, with the growth in running gear being the biggest area of growth.
Scientists think the recent discovery of gravitational waves observed from the collision of two black holes may have also detected signatures of the astrophysics mystery of dark matter.
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Avatech, one of Iran's largest business accelerators, has announced its Cycle #4 is set to host new business proposals to begin their process of professional development and accelerate their…
Despite having the right set of qualification, many Iranians have to struggle to get a job unless they have a well-connected relative or friend pulling the right strings or making a strong…
As of July 21, landline phone tariffs will increase by 50%, said the minister of communications and information technology.
According to Mahmoud Vaezi, a 60-second call on a landline…
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis has inducted Iran as its 24th member state.
Researchers at Sharif University of Technology have optimized bio solar cells with the help of protein in jellyfish at a laboratorial scale to replace the older generations of solar cells.
No one likes going to the doctor, so the popularity of online medical sites should come as no surprise.
According to Gizmag, Google is making efforts to return more relevant and trustworthy…
The Iranian Space Agency has announced plans to build satellites and place them into the geosynchronous equatorial orbit in the next 10 years.
GEO is a circular orbit 35,786 kilometers…
The groundwork has been laid for launching three joint research projects with European Union countries, said the minister of science, research and technology. Speaking in a conference in Kashan…
Iran’s Innovation and Prosperity Fund has lifted the cap for financing knowledge-based companies from 200 billion rials ($6.5 million) to 300 billion rials ($9.8 million).
Behzad Soltani,…
A team led by Iranian professor Behrokh Khoshnevis is working on developing robots that will be able to construct buildings in a single day.
Behrokh Khoshnevis, an Iranian professor at USC…
The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology has released a report detailing the latest statistics related to the fields of science, research and technology in Iran.
The report, which…
NASA astronomers have discovered a tiny asteroid that is constantly orbiting the Earth around the sun.
The newly found asteroid, 2016 HO3, was spotted first on April 27 by the Pan-STARRS 1…
Beijing’s Intellectual Property Office has ruled against Apple in a patent dispute brought by a less-famous Chinese handset maker, leaving the US company’s latest handset family in jeopardy.
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Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party’s 2016 presidential convention, as it has done in the past, citing Donald Trump’s controversial…
