wiredinUSA March 2015

INDEX

ASIA AFRICA NEWS &

400bn fiber spread

The government has paid special attention to information technologyandcommunications fields and helped foster such developments. Infrastructure Company gives high significance to the development of infrastructure network in Semnan province. Mr Khosravi noted that since August 2014, 486km of fiber optic network, worth $8.3m, were constructed in the province. Iran Telecommunications

In a statement made during a ceremony for inaugurating communication projects in Semnan province, the head of Iran Telecommunications Infrastructure Company, MahmoudKhosravi, saidthat theconstruction of 13,000km of fiber optic network is on the agenda for 2015. “The establishment of this fiber optic network costs over $400billion, which only the government can afford,” he added. Khosravi also said that about 5,000km of fiber optic cables were established in 2014.

ASIA / AFRICA NEWS

wiredInUSA - March 2015

wiredInUSA - March 2015

34

35