Iran Telecom News

A knowledge-based company has produced telecommunication equipment that are of superior quality and can help prevent a significant foreign currency outflow from importing counterparts.

Telecommunications Company of Iran, Iran's top fixed-line operator, announced that it has linked over 45,000 schools to the internet in the last 18 months.

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…

Communication infrastructures have covered 100% of Iranian metropolitan areas and 95% of rural districts, information and communications technologies minister said.

Iran’s Communications Regulatory Authority has released its annual report on telecom infrastructure development in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2021). CRA’s report covers both…

The Central Bank of Iran and Post Bank of Iran, affiliated to ICT Ministry, will invest 2 trillion rials ($14.8 million) in the domestic production of smartphones to curb dependence on foreign…

Ever since the weeklong internet shutdown in mid-November, any disruption in communication services alerts citizens and human rights activists to the possibility of losing access to the World…

Iran's ICT sector will become less dependent on imports and more self-reliant by 2021, thanks to the expansion of domestic production units, the industries minister said.

The 20th edition of Iran Telecom Fair (aka Telecom 2019) is to be held in Tehran between Dec. 17 and 20. According to the event’s website, some irregularities forced organizers to change the…

The expansion of communication services and promotion of telecom infrastructure investment have been high on President Hassan Rouhani’s agenda since he took office for the first time in 2013.…

Iranian tech and telecom firms, along with government agencies active in the sector, participated in ITU Telecom World 2019 held on Sept. 9-12 in Budapest, Hungary. Houlin Zhao, the secretary-…

GSMA Association says Iran is among the fastest growing countries in the Middle East and North Africa region and the world in terms of developing mobile communications. The trade body…

Several communication projects were kicked off in the cities of Khorasan Razavi during the ICT minister's recent visit to the province.

A $9.2 million telecom infrastructure development plan has been completed in East Azarbaijan Province while another initiative worth $5.8 million was launched on Thursday. The news was…

Iranian knowledge-based companies will participate in International Telecommunications Union's Telecom World 2019 exhibition (known as ITU Telecom World 2019) taking place on Sept. 9-12 in…

Ambitious telecom projects have been launched in the western province of Kurdestan by Information and Communications Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, during a visit to Sanandaj…

By deploying a homegrown firewall, Iran is fully prepared to fend off Stuxnet-like cyberattacks, says ICT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi. In an Instagram post, Jahromi wrote on Thursday…

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.

Technology experts from across continents are converging in Geneva for the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum that started on Monday. The theme is "Information and Communication…

Communication infrastructure sustained nearly 15 trillion rials ($113 million) in damages from the floods sweeping across much of Iranian provinces during and after the Norouz holidays. ICT…

Broadband Internet services will be available in almost all rural areas in Iran by the end of the next Iranian year (March 2020), according to the ICT Ministry.

Bijan Abbasi Arand was appointed CEO of major mobile operator MTN-Irancell on Wednesday, replacing Alireza Ghalambor Dezfouli. Arand is a former director of Shiraz Electronic Industries…

A joint communication taskforce is to be established between Iran and Iraq by March with the aim of boosting collaboration. 

Total annual revenue of Iran telecom industries stood at $7.8 billion by the end of 2016, indicating a 6% year-on-year growth, the International Telecommunication Union reported this week.

In the coming fiscal (2019-20), the government expects to earn 100 trillion rials ($864 million) from the ICT sector, down 9% compared to projected income for the current year that ends in March…