Sistan-Baluchestan Projects to Reinforce ICT Infrastructure

Iran’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies has launched projects to develop the poor communication infrastructure of the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
During a trip to the province on Wednesday, ICT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi launched a joint project with two major mobile operators to establish 645 communication sites to strengthen mobile network and internet connectivity, the ministry’s website Ict.gov.ir reported.
“Mobile Telecommunications Company of Iran is tasked with opening 502 sites with 7.53 trillion rials [$29.18 million] and Irancell, the second major mobile operator, will set up 143 sites with 2.41 trillion rials [$9.34 million],” he said.
TCI is set to implement two other projects worth 1.7 trillion rials [$6.58 million] and develop home-based telephony services by extending fiber optic network with 300 billion rials [$1.16 million].
To prepare the ground for setting up new communication sites, the ICT minister signed an agreement with Saeed Mohammad, IRGC commander and the head of Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters (KAA).
Khatam al-Anbiya is an Iranian engineering arm of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.
IRGC-KAA will extend the provincial fiber optic network by 532 kilometers at a cost of 1.43 trillion rials ($5.54 million).
Another 600 kilometers of fiber optic extension are planned to help stabilize cellular and internet connections.