“Isa Zarepour”, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, announced on the World Communication Day that the first phase of optical fiber for homes and businesses will be put into operation with the presence of the President. He claims that in the first phase, more than three million households will be covered by optical fiber.
“Isa Zarepour”, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, on the sidelines of the meeting of the government delegation, in the presence of journalists, congratulated all the workers of the country’s communication and technology industry, media and private and public sector activists on the World Communication Day. He announced that many projects will be put into operation today with the presence of the president.
“Zarepour” emphasized that the most important project that will be launched today is the opening of the first phase of optical fiber for homes and businesses. He hopes that in the first phase, about three million households will be covered by optical fiber in 100 cities. The Minister of Communications added that by the end of 1402, 8 to 10 million households out of the 20 million households that are supposed to be covered by optical fiber within three years, will be connected to the fiber optic network.

The development of fixed internet fiber optic network is one of the country’s development infrastructure plans in the next few decades. Because this issue can provide the conditions for the operation of domestic and foreign services in Iran. However, if there is no high-speed and high-quality network in the country, it will not be possible to implement this plan. The development of the fiber optic network significantly increases the capacity and quality of the country’s fixed internet.
“Isa Zarepour” said about the benefits of fiber optic network development:
The development of the optical fiber network removes the burden from mobile communications, so that with the development of the optical fiber network in all cities and villages of the country, BTS and mobile communication antennas are connected to the network in this way, which can reach the maximum speed specified in the standards. present to the people.
Zarepour: The development of optical fiber network is a big and national project
The ministry has clearly exposed this plan to the public and through the IRANFTTX.IR internet system, people can see the covered points and if their place of residence is covered by this network, they can apply in the same base. To use it. “Isa Zarepour” announced that the operators have the duty to provide this service to the people within a month. If a neighborhood is not covered by optical fiber, provide a schedule for its coverage.
The 13th government is trying to make the optical fiber network available to all Iranian people normally within 3 years, while the implementation of this plan normally takes about seven to eight years. The 13th government called the fiber optic network development plan as a big and national project. The Minister of Communications also said that currently eight companies have received the necessary license for cooperation and have started operating throughout the country.
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