Visiting Tehran during the 9th edition of Iran’s International Symposium on Telecommunications, ITU Director of Telecommunication Standardization Bureau met with the ICT Minister.
Chaesub Lee from the International Telecommunication Union, held talks with Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi on Dec. 19, over strengthening collaboration between Iran and the ITU, CITNA reported.
Emphasizing the need and importance of international collaboration in the expansion of communication infrastructure, Lee said Iran can and should contribute to such cooperation.
Pointing to Iran’s advancements in the field, Lee expressed ITU’s readiness for expanding Iran ties.
Over the past decade, there has been visible growth in the access to communications in Iran, especially in the expanding urban areas. The healthy growth is largely thanks to mobile communications, and more recently, the introduction of the third and fourth generation (3G and 4G) mobile telecommunication technologies.
According to Iran Communication Regulatory Authority data published on opendata.cra.ir, over 10 million landline Internet subscriptions are registered in the country while 61.2 million use 3G and 4G mobile Internet services sold by local companies. Internet penetration rate stands at 86.8%.
It has been reported that there are 91.8 million active SIM cards in the country and 82% of roadways across the country have cellphone coverage. There are 30.6 million landline telephones and 52,599 villages or 85% of the rural areas have access to telephony services. The population is in the region of 81 million.
The symposium (aka IST 2018) which was held on December 17-19 at Iran’s ICT Research Institute, was an international gathering with a scientific focus on blockchain, 5G Internet services, Internet of Things, ICT development, and cloud computing.
