The 10th International Telecommunications Trade Fair iran telecom 09 closed its doors on a very positive note as 42,000 visitors, including several thousands of telecom executives, had attended the event and talked business with 178 exhibitors from 12 countries.

Organised by the German trade fair specialist fairtrade and their Iranian partner Palar Samaneh at the Tehran International Fairgrounds from November 21 to 24, iran telecom 2009 had been held with the official support of the Iranian Ministry of ICT, the Ministry of Industries and Mines, the Telecommunications Company of Iran TCI and the Telecommunication Infrastructure Company TIC. MTN Irancell was the official sponsor of the event.

iran telecom 2009 once again confirmed its position as the country’s major dedicated telecommunications technology hub as the event offered a broad picture of the whole telecomunication market in Iran, with stands from equipment and infrastructure vendors, satellite operators, wholesale carriers, VAS solutions suppliers, OSS/BSS vendors and more.

Over four days, the market’s most dynamic companies across the telecoms ecosystem have attended. The exhibitors came from China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

iran telecom 09 was held in halls 6, 7, 8-9, 25a and 27 of the Tehran International Fairgrounds, covering a gross exhibition space of 16,500 sqm of indoor exhibition space.

The 11th edition of Iran’s leading telecommunications trade fair will take place in November 2010 at the Tehran International Fairgrounds. More information will follow later.

iran telecom is the main CIT event in Iran for everyone involved professionally in the design, planning, operation and sale of telecom services and products, from chief engineers to planners and operators as well as wholesale and retail suppliers. At iran telecom the emphasis is on innovation, trends and knowledge exchange, reflecting cutting edge technology!

For operators and vendors alike, the Iranian telecom market offers huge potential.

“Since launching operations in Iran in 2006, MTN Irancell has performed strongly, gaining more than 16 million subscribers and a market share of 37% by the end of 2008, up from 23% at the end of 2007, … In comparison, MCI, the mobile arm of the state run operator TCI, has about 30 million subscribers, … MTN Irancell intends to gain an additional 6 million subscribers by December 2009, … Iran overtook Saudi Arabia in 2007 to become the Gulf region's biggest telecom market by subscriber numbers. The country gained 21 million mobile subscribers in 2008, and now has an estimated total of some 47 million subscribers, and a penetration rate in the "high 60 range" … “. 
(Source: “CommsMEA” of 12 April 2009, view the full article here.)