Iran: Possibility of Collusion in 2 Mobile Operators’ High Prices

Unifying their pricing systems, major mobile operators MTN-Irancell and Mobile Telecommunications Company of Iran (MCI) have increased rates of basic phone services.
Irrespective of which operator you have a subscription with, making a phone call on a cellphone costs 599 rials per minute for users with prepaid subscription and 899 rials for those who have pay-as-you-go plan, ICTNA reported.
The steepest price hike, 80%, was announced by Irancell which until recently charged customers with prepaid subscriptions 333 rials/minute.