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MTN Irancell, also known as Irancell, is an Iranian telecommunications company that operates Iran's largest 2G-3G-4G-4.5G-5G mobile network, and fixed wireless TD-LTE internet services. As of 2013, Irancell holds a revenue of 4.9 billion dollars. It is the 32nd largest company in Iran. Currently, MTN Group holds a 49% percent stake in the Irancell consortium, while Kowsar Sign Paniz (KSP) holds the other 51% of shares.
On 3 December 2014, Irancell officially launched Iran's first 4G LTE network in nine cities. The License was granted as on a national basis and includes the overall geographical coverage of Iran. Irancell was officially launched on 21 October 2006 in Tehran, Tabriz, and Mashhad. The network provides the subscribers with an advanced generation of GSM system to enable them to get used of EDGE (2.75 G).
Irancell made countrywide coverage with FD-LTE and TD-LTE. As of December 2021, Irancell has 50.4 million active subscribers. Irancell, the company, has been able to receive the "Special Digital Public Relations Award" and the "National Award for Excellence in Public Relations in Electronic and Virtual Communications." According to this report, the company has achieved high scores in the seventeenth edition of the International Public Relations Symposium and the eighteenth edition of Iran's Best Public Relations Awards.
As of 2024, it has around 43% market share in Iranian mobile communication industry sector.
As of 2023 ,the company's nationwide operations include around 17,396 LTE BTS towers, 300 5G enabled towers, and 2000 internet fiber optic towers, covering 92.7% nationally, and 66 million active simcard subscriptions, around 16% of percent of which are located in Tehran . It has around 10000 stores. It has sold around 600,000 internet router modems in 2023.
An IPO was being evaluted by the company in 2021.
The company is a major shareholder in Iranian Towers, and of MCI's Rubika.
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