Iran Gov’t Leasing Dark Fiber to Private Telecom Operators

The Iranian government is moving ahead with a motion to lease state-owned dark fiber to the private sector to expand the national communications network.
As per the directive published on Communications Regulatory Authority of Iran’s website Cra.ir, all licensed telecom operators can file a leasing request with the state-owned Telecommunications Infrastructure Company that owns the country’s fiber-optic network.
Dark fiber or unlit fiber refers to unused fiber-optic cable. Often companies lay more lines than what is needed to curb the costs of having to do it again in the future. The dark strands are normally leased to other companies who want to establish independent optical connections.