Full ICT Coverage Empowering Rural Areas of 3 Provinces

ICT expansion in Alborz Province has raised the number of provinces with full internet access in rural areas to three, Information and Communications Technologies Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said.
According to Jahromi, 100% of villages with more than 20 households in Alborz, Yazd and Hamedan provinces have been connected to the National Information Network, Ict.gov.ir reported. 
Officials developed NIN in August 2016 as an alternative and independent network with content compatible with Islamic norms to help make indigenous content more accessible to Iranians nationwide.
Based on official statistics, 2.7 million people reside in Alborz, 1.9 million of whom are living in 27 villages. 
“Until the beginning of the current fiscal year [March 2021], people in six villages didn’t have access to NIN,” the ICT minister said.