Opening of 1144th Irancell 5G Site in Abu Musa/ Irancell CEO: Irancell Plans to Become AI Operator

In the press conference which was held on the occasion of Irancell’s 18th anniversary, Irancell CEO mentioned the Company’s AI road map and said: Irancell plan is to move towards becoming AI operator.

This event included the opening of Irancell’s AI training center, 1144th 5G site in Abu Musa, full Irancell fiber coverage in Sadra city, and rural telecommunication site in Jiroft.

Moreover, 6 products and solutions of Irancell, including Video RBT, Video SMS, Smart Support Assistant, BNPL Credit Service, My Irancell Subscription-Based Streaming Platform, and 5G FWA were introduced.

In his speech, Irancell CEO, mentioned the Company strategy for transition to Techco and its role in digital economy. Pointing to the Infrastructure layer, ‌Business Enabler layer, and Digital ‌‌Products and Services layer as the three layers of digital economy, he explained Irancell’s strategy for transition from ‌‌Telco to Techco while categorizing ‌Irancell services and products under ‌each layer of digital economy.

He also added that Total payment by Irancell to the government, since its establishment until September 2024, was more than 98,000 billion rials and said: ‌Total investment made by Irancell since establishment until September 2024, has been reached 10.6 billion dollars.

Irancell CEO continued his speech by ‌explaining the Company’s activities with ‌‌respect to localization in three areas of ‌ ‌hardware localization, software ‌‌localization, and cyber-security localization which have been carried out in cooperation with reputable universities. ‌‌He explained that in the field of hardware ‌localization, Irancell managed to design and produce TD-LTE, penta-band, ‌octa-band, and 32-port antennas, as well ‌as microwave links in 26, 23, and 18 ‌GHz frequency bands, 4G and optical fiber modems, fiber terminals and SIM Cards. In the field of software localization, Irancell developed software related to business and network areas.‌‌‌‌‌

Mr. Abbasi Arand also described Irancell’s approach regarding business continuity and responsibility and mentioned some of the Company’s latest social investment projects.‌‌‌‌ Irancell’s activities in 1402 has resulted to 11% decrease in carbon footprint of each terabyte of data.

He also added that: ‌Irancell has recently completed two corporate social investment (CSI) projects. The first project was establishment of small solar power plants for the schools ‌in underprivileged areas. In this regard, ‌Irancell equipped 18 schools with 20 kW solar panels, totally 360 kW capacity, which produce 800,000 kW recyclable ‌energy per year. The revenue earned from selling the energy will be allocated to the said schools. The second project was renewal and construction of Danestan school and education center (for children engaged in child labor) in cooperation with State Welfare Organization of Iran and using modern educational methods.

In the final section of the event, the CEO answered the questions raised by reporters.‌