| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Key people | Dr. Ebrahim Mahmoudzadeh (Chairman of the Board of Directors) |
| Products | Prepaid and postpaid mobile phones |
| Website | http://www.irancell.ir/ |
Irancell is the second mobile phone network operator of Iran. It is 49% owned by the South Africa-based MTN Group.
MTN Irancell operates on GSM 900/1800 and is the first network operator of Iran which provides GPRS and MMS service and will let subscribers choose their desired number (as on July 2010) from between +989350000000 to +989399999999.
Irancell is a private joint stock company governed by the Commercial Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran as amended in the year 1347 of the Iranian calendar, which is 1969 in the Gregorian calendar, and the provisions of its Articles of Association. The company’s registration date is 14 August 2005 [1385/05/23] and the registration number 252949.
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MTN Irancell has two shareholders: the Iran Electronic Development Company (IEDC) and MTN International (Mauritius) Limited. The corporate structure of the company is as follows:
IEDC currently has two key shareholders
The company provides the following services:
A shareholders Agreement was signed between IEDC and MTN in November 2005 and the second mobile operator license was awarded to Irancell on 27 November 2005 [1384/09/06] by *MCIT/CRA.
Huawei (China), Ericsson (Sweden) and Nokia (Finland), are providing the infrastructure for IranCell, in partnership with local companies in six defined regions.[1]
From January 2010, Irancell began their WiMAX internet services in major cities of Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan, Tabriz, Mashhad, Karaj and Ahvaz.
Irancell can providethe service only in a limited of provinces because it is not a nationwide WiMAX operator. The only nationwide operator is Mobin Net which still couldn't to bring up a reliable nationwide network for subscribers.
WiMAX subscribers can choose between Prepaid and Post Paid subscriptions. The costs can be paid through MTN-Irancell voucher cards or Credit Cards.
Maximum bandwidth provided by Irancell's WIMAX internet, is limited to 2Mbps for about $100/mo,cheapest 2Mbps unlimited Internet connection fee in the country. Due to Iranian law, home users are not allowed to access bandwidths more than 128Kbps. The same law applies to wimax service where home users can only choose between 64Kbps and 128Kbps services.
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