Iran's telecommunications industry is almost entirely state-owned, dominated by the Telecommunication Company of Iran. Fixed-line penetration in 2004 was relatively well-developed by regional standard
Iran is among the first five countries which have had a growth rate of over 20% and the highest level of development in telecommunications. Iran has been awarded the UNESCO special certificate for providing telecom services to rural areas.
Iran has a developing mixed economy that is centrally planned through its large public sector. With a population of over 90 million, the Iranian economy is supported by an industrial manufacturing bas
Communications in Iran
…in this law do not apply to financial services, immovable property, automatic vending machines, transactions over public payphones and auctions. The Fifth Five-Year Development Plan (2010–15) has set the target of conducting electronically: 80 percent of governmental transactions…
Tehran, the economic capital and financial centre of Iran
Persian Achaemenid gold coin, circa 490 BC
Socioeconomic expenditures, 2004
Inflation rate, 1980–2010