 3rd Mobile Operator
The Government has embarked on a comprehensive reform of the telecommunications sector that aims at:
- Fostering competition
- Preserving the incumbent operator
- Ensuring fair competition
- Supervising tariffs and quality of service
- Protecting consumer’s interest
This reform process includes: The regulatory framework to ensure fair competition between the private and public operators, the restructuring of TCI and Increasing private sector participation in the mobile market:
- BOT for 2 to 6 million prepaid lines has been initiated 2004.
- Award of GSM license (2nd Operator) has been initiated 2006.
- TCI Privatization will be done in 2008 (Remaining part in Governmental sector will be just CRA, ITC, TIC and ISA. All other activities will leave for private sector till 2010.)
- WiMAX Licenses will be awarded Q2 2008.
- Award of 3G license (3rd Operator ) is under way and will be awarded 2008
Third Mobile license has the following specifications:
- EDGE (2.75G) and UMTS
- Backbone network must be rented from governmental Backbone Company
- Valid for 15 years, can be extended for two 5 years periods
- with 2 years exclusivity on 3G
- With no technical restriction
- License agreement, Qualification process and other terms and conditions will be mostly the same as 2nd operator.
- Some local and foreign companies, organizations and operators declared their interest to attend the tender.
Tender organization is as follows:
- Project Manager: Mr. Mahdioon , ITC CEO.
- Millennium Finance Corporation is the consultant of Project manager.
- Steering Committee: Dr.Soleimani , ICT Minister; Mr.Khosravi, Deputy minister and CRA president;
Dr.MohaamedPour, Deputy minister; Mr. Saboohi, CRA vice president; Mr. Mahdioon , Project Manager.
- General aspects of 3rd license are approved by regulatory commission in March 2008.
- Invitation issued in August 25 of 2008
- Time to fill and submit documents is 1(Qualification)+1 (bid) months.
- The final winner will be announced on December 10, 2008.
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