Editing Communications in Iran (section)

===== Operators =====
Major mobile operators as of 2008: [[Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran]] (MCI Hamrahe Aval) with 70% market share, [[MTN Irancell]] (28%), and Emirates Telecommunications Corp ([[Etisalat]]) who won a license for 300 million euros in December 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3292/html/economy.htm |title= Iran Daily - Domestic Economy - 12/11/08|website=www.iran-daily.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217031251/http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3292/html/economy.htm |archive-date=December 17, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3316/html/ |title= دسترسی غیر مجاز|website=www.iran-daily.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125105435/http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3316/html/ |archive-date=January 25, 2016}}</ref> Etisalat has been replaced by an Iranian consortium and operates under the name ''[[RighTel]]''. The two national operators, Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran and MTN Irancell both offer [[GPRS]]-based data services.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web |url=http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3476/html/economy.htm |title= Iran Daily - Domestic Economy - 08/19/09|website=www.iran-daily.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921191714/http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3476/html/economy.htm |archive-date=September 21, 2009}}</ref> Recently{{when|date=March 2024}} a new [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] mobile broadband service provider called ApTel has started its work in Iran.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

As of 2011, major foreign supplier to Iran's mobile-phone networks are: [[Huawei]] of China along, [[Ericsson|Telefon AB L.M.]] and  Nokia Siemens Networks, a joint venture between [[Nokia]] Corp. and [[Siemens AG]].<ref name="stecklow1"/> As of 2016, France's [[Orange S.A.]] and U.K.'s [[Vodafone]] (through ''HiWEB.ir'') are also developing mobile IT in Iran.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}