Iran Telecoms Market Report

• Key statistics

• Regional Middle East Market Comparison

• Market Leaders
• Market Challengers
• Market Emergents
• TMI versus GDP
• Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
• Fixed and mobile broadband penetration

• Country overview

• Telecommunications market

• Market analysis
• Background to alleged sanction violations

• Regulatory environment

• Historic overview
• Regulatory authority
• Mobile network developments
• Second mobile licence – MTN Irancell
• Third Mobile licence – Tamin Telecom (Rightel)
• WiMAX licences
• 2.3GHz spectrum award – 2021
• 3.7-3.8GHz
• Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
• Roaming

• Mobile market

• Market analysis
• Mobile statistics
• Mobile infrastructure
• 5G
• 4G (LTE)
• GSM, 3G
• Other infrastructure developments
• Mobile broadband
• Major mobile operators
• MCI (Mobile Communications Iran)/Hamrah-e-Avval
• MTN Irancell
• Tamin Telecom (Rightel)
• MVNOs
• Mobile content and applications
• M-banking and m-payments

• Fixed-line broadband market

• Market analysis
• Broadband statistics
• Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
• Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks

• Fixed network operators

• Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI)
• Historical overview
• Recent developments
• Other licence holders/VoIP

• Telecommunications infrastructure

• Overview of the national telecom network
• National Internet Network (NIN)
• International infrastructure
• Submarine and terrestrial cable networks
• Satellite networks

• Smart infrastructure

• Appendix - Historic data

• Glossary of abbreviations

• Related reports

List of Tables

• Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Iran – 2023 (e)
• Table 2 – Iran - GDP and inflation – 2012 – 2023
• Table 3 – Change in the number of mobile number portings – 2016 – 2019
• Table 4 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
• Table 5 – Growth in the number of M2M SIM cards – 2014 – 2019
• Table 6 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
• Table 7 – Change in the number of MTN Irancell’s mobile sites by platform – 2016 – 2023
• Table 8 – Development of MTN Irancell’s financial data (ZAR million) – 2015 – 2023
• Table 9 – Development of MTN Irancell’s revenue and EBITDA (IRR billion) – 2016 – 2023
• Table 10 – Change in the number of MTN Irancell’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2023
• Table 11 – Change in MTN Irancell’s mobile ARPU ($) – 2012 – 2023
• Table 12 – Change in MTN Irancell’s mobile ARPU (IRR) – 2012 – 2023
• Table 13 – Change in the number of MTN Irancell’s active mobile data subscribers – 2017 – 2023
• Table 14 – Change in MTN Irancell’s mobile traffic – 2012 – 2023
• Table 15 – Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
• Table 16 – Increase in the number of DSL subscribers – 2012 – 2023
• Table 17 – Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
• Table 18 – Increase in international internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2021
• Table 19 – Historic - Iran - mobile subscribers and penetration - 1995 – 2011
• Table 20 – Historic - Iran - fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 – 2011
• Table 21 – Historic - Iran - International Internet bandwidth – 2002 – 2011
• Table 22 – Historic - Iran - fixed broadband subscribers – 2006 – 2011

List of Charts

• Chart 7 – Change in the number of mobile number portings – 2016 – 2019
• Chart 8 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
• Chart 9 – Growth in the number of M2M SIM cards – 2014 – 2019
• Chart 10 – Iran - mobile broadband subscriptions and penetration – 2012 – 2027
• Chart 11 – Change in the number of MTN Irancell’s mobile sites by platform – 2016 – 2023
• Chart 12 – Development of MTN Irancell’s financial data – 2015 – 2023
• Chart 13 – Development of MTN Irancell’s financial data – 2016 – 2023
• Chart 14 – Change in the number of MTN Irancell’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2023
• Chart 15 – Change in MTN Irancell’s mobile ARPU ($) – 2012 – 2023
• Chart 16 – Change in MTN Irancell’s mobile ARPU (IRR) – 2012 – 2023
• Chart 17 – Change in the number of MTN Irancell’s active mobile data subscribers – 2017 – 2023
• Chart 18 – Change in MTN Irancell’s mobile traffic – 2012 – 2023
• Chart 19 – Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
• Chart 20 – Increase in the number of DSL subscribers – 2012 – 2023
• Chart 21 – Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
• Chart 22 – Increase in international internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2021

List of Exhibits

• Exhibit 5 – Privatisation of TCI