Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology Seyed Sattar Hashemi on Thursday unveiled 53 major infrastructure and development projects in the field of communications in the northwest province of Ardabil at the tune of US dollars 8.8 million.
The
projects were put into operation with objective of expanding communication
coverage, improving the quality of telecommunications services, developing the
fiber optic network, and improving access in rural and underdeveloped areas.
In
these projects, communication operators have significantly increased their
coverage capacity and quality of services in the cities of Ardabil,
Meshkinshahr, Germi, and Pars Abad by establishing second, third, and fourth
generation (2G, 3G, 4G) sites.
In
the field of fifth generation (5G) mobile communications, two sites in Ardabil
were launched, and in the fixed infrastructure development sector, the first
phase of the connecting homes and businesses to fiber optic in Ardabil city was
put into operation which will play an important role in improving the stability
and speed of communication services.
Also,
in order to achieve the goals of communications justice for rural communication
development, 18 new sites were launched by communication operators from the
funds of the ICT Ministry’s Universal Service Obligation (USO) and 9 sites were
upgraded technologically to increase speed and improve quality.
Later,
the communication projects of the Iranian Telecom Company were put into
operation.
Speaking
at the ceremony to launch the projects held in the Provincial Administrative
Council, Hashemi said that quality connection is the main objective of the ICT
Ministry.
“There
is the need to directly link statistics with the real experience of the people,”
he added, “Connection without quality is not acceptable and the development of
communications must serve to improve the lives of the people.”
“If people do not feel the effect of services,
these statistics are meaningless. For this purpose, colleagues from the
Ministry of Communications have been present in various cities of the province
since yesterday to hear the concerns of the people firsthand; this is also one
of the emphases of the Honorable President,” the minister said.