CRA Releases Report on Telecom Infrastructure Expansion in Q1

Iran’s Communications Regulatory Authority has released a report on telecom infrastructure development in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21).
CRA’s report covers both communication services (landline telephony and mobile network) and internet services (landline and mobile broadband data connection).
According to the report, the country’s mobile network penetration rate has reached 156.9% with 131.05 million active SIM cards registered by June 21, which was 142% a year earlier.
Iran’s mobile communication services are provided by three operators, Mobile Telecommunications Company of Iran (MCI, aka Hamrah-e Avval in Persian), Irancell and RighTel.
The CRA report shows MCI has sold over 99.5 million SIM cards, including 78.7 million prepaid SIM cards, of which 70.3 million are active subscribers.