www.WirelessFederation.com/news: License to the third mobile operator of the country, state-owned Tamin Telecom, has been granted by Iranian government. Tamin Telecom along with its consortium got the license in April 24. Availability of the SIM cards is expected in the market in the course of the current year.
Other winning companies of the consortium have still not been revealed. Consortium of Tamin and Etisalat were initially granted the license in January 2009 but was later withdrawn. Zain group received the license in May but that deal fell apart when it was said by Iran that Zain had not fulfilled its obligations, and launched a new tender.
Irancell, 49% stake of which is owned by MTN and state-owned Iran Telecommunication Company (TCI) are the current telecom operators in Iran.