Financial Tribune- The official portal of Measuring Information Society of Iran (MIS) affiliated to the Information Technology Organization announced that Internet penetration rate grew 7% during the last fiscal year that ended on March 20.? The organization released the latest statistics on Internet penetration based on a recent survey it conducted ...

When Twitters Jack Dorsey tweeted Hassan Rouhani in 2013 to ask if any of the citizens of his country were able to read the Iranian presidents tweets, he probably did not expect a response. To the surprise of many in the West, Mr Rouhani quickly shot back a friendly missive that access to global information for Iranians is their #right. Such gestures ...

Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi highlighted the ministry's plans for the new Iranian year (started March 20). Speaking in a meeting with the members of information technology and communications guilds, Vaezi said the mobile number portability project will be launched by June 20, Mehr News Agency reported. "The ...

As sanctions on Iran begin to fall away after the successful signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in Vienna, Austria on July 14, a select group of industries have been considered prime investment targets, one of which is telecommunications, especially mobile telecom. This field has one of the quickest turnarounds in terms of generating ...