EghtesadOnline: A new Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) Shatel Mobile will launch their new mobile network this week.

EghtesadOnlien: Mobile Virtual Network Operator ApTel, owned by the telecoms company NeginTel, has started sale of SIM cards in Iran. It is one of the first companies among more than 20 firms which had announced they would start offering new mobile networks.

EghtesadOnline: The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) has launched an updated website to check ownership of cellular SIM cards as part of a transparency drive to stop mobile phone dealers holding too many numbers.