Editing Communications in Iran (section)

====Broadband Internet access====
[[File:Iran internet users per 100 person.png|thumb|350px|Number of Internet users in Iran per 100 people, from 2000 to 2011. Data: World Bank]]
As of 2012, 11 private access providers (PAPs) and TCI compete for market share, offering [[ADSL2+]], [[WiMAX]], and other fixed [[wireless broadband]] services.<ref>{{Cite book
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  | first3 = Rice
  | title = The Business Year 2013: Iran
  | place = London, U.K.
  | publisher = The Business Year
  | date = January 2013
  | page = 188
  | isbn = 978-1-908180-11-7
  | access-date = 2014-03-16
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  }}</ref> Meanwhile, fixed [[broadband internet]] connections quadrupled between 2011 and 2015 to 8.3m lines.<ref name="ft.com"/> Iran's IP-based 'national data network' is being developed by Information Technology Company (ITC), which is also a TCI subsidiary. This network covers 210 Iranian cities and has 60,000 high-speed ports to meet the needs of its end users such as business and ISPs (2009).<ref name="Australian trade"/> Some actions are being taken to build and optimize infrastructure for provision of broadband services in the next five years and the Regulatory has decided to grant the license of offering [[WiMAX]] services to some private companies based on auction and then the license for the [[#Mobile phone|3rd mobile operator]].

Companies that are under the PAP license:<ref>{{cite web |title=Information and communications technology (ICT) to Iran |url=http://www.austrade.gov.au/ICT-to-Iran/default.aspx |website=austrade|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727015312/http://www.austrade.gov.au/ICT-to-Iran/default.aspx |archive-date=2008-07-27 }}</ref>
* [[Shatel]]
* Afranet
* Asiatech
* [[Pars Online]]
* Pishgaman Kavir
* Fan Ava
* Asre Novin
* Datak Telecom
* Asre Telecom
* Kara Amin Ertebat
* Laser
* Neda Gostar Saba (SabaNet)
* Irsa Communications Network

Landline ISP ranking in customer satisfaction (score out of 20, 2018 survey):<ref name="en.eghtesadonline.com"/>
Shatel:17.55 	
AsiaTech:15.67 	
Datak:15.53 	
HiWeb:15.17 	
Pars Online:14.64 	
Saba Net:14.31 	
Pishgaman:13.3 	
HelmaGostar:12.94 	
TCI:10.91