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    Iranian president inaugurates 184 telecommunication projects

    IRNA web site, Tehran
    3 Aug 04

    Tabriz, East Azarbayjan Province, 3 August: President Mohammad Khatami
    here Monday 2 August inaugurated 184 telecommunication projects in
    this northwestern province.

    Over 20bn rials has been spent on the projects which include a major
    one providing audio and visual telecommunication facilities between
    Iran and Armenia through the use of optic fibres.

    The project with a cost of over 4bn rials, covers a distance of 140 km
    of which 71 km is within the Iranian territory.

    Addressing the opening ceremony of the launching of the projects, the
    president referred to the contract to have a second operator in
    country's telecommunications system as a very well-calculated and
    valuable plan.

    He said the contract will make it possible to offer an extra 5m
    telephone lines within two years.

    Pointing to the exclusive geo-strategic and geo-political situation of
    Iran, Khatami described the country as the linking point of East and
    West and said making investments in telecommunications and information
    is very important and valuable.

    Talking in the same ceremony, Minister of Communications and
    Information Technology (CIT) Ahmad Mo'tamedi said his ministry was
    aiming at updating the communications system in all parts of the
    country.

    He said 15,340,000 telephone lines were currently used by people while
    3,450,000 cell phone numbers have been sold in the country so far.
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