EghtesadOnline: Iran’s second largest mobile operator MTN-Irancell has refuted claims that the company is losing ground to its rival Mobile Communications of Iran (MCI), known locally as Hamrah-e-Avval.

EghtesadOnline: Users of the partly South African-owned MTN-Irancell company are dropping out of the mobile network service at an unprecedented rate, while the older and bigger Mobile Communications of Iran (MCI) is benefiting from a bigger clientele, according to data released this week by Iran’s Information Technology Organization.