Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia set up ICT enterprise
Iran Mobin Electronics Development Company (Iran
Mobin), a shareholder of the Islamic republic’s national operator,
Telecommunication Infrastructure Company (TIC), and C-Ring Telecom,
a subsidiary of Russian carrier Synterra and Azerbaijan’s
Azertelekom, have established a joint venture.
The documents on establishing the JV, the first-ever Azeri-Iranian-Russian enterprise operating in the field of information and communication technologies, were signed in Tehran on Monday at a meeting of the Iranian-Russian commission on economic and trade cooperation. The signing was attended by the commission co-chairs, Russian Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.
C-Ring Telecom and Iran Mobin hold 50% each in the JV’s capital stock. While implementing projects in Iran, the company will avail of the potential and resources of the infrastructure of Iran Mobin, Azertelekom and Synterra. The establishment of this enterprise is another step toward creating a telecommunication ring around the Caspian Sea, to be further used for Eurasian transit of traffic and broadband Internet services in the Caspian coastal states, Synterra said in a statement.
The international telecom project is expected to boost integration in the region and meet challenges of global scale, and new innovative programs will be developed. This cooperation will allow combining the scientific potential of the three states, with several more countries to join in the future. The opportunities include gaining access to supercomputers, GRID system, "cloud computing", implementing information security projects, tele-medicine, and distance learning, Synterra said.*
The documents on establishing the JV, the first-ever Azeri-Iranian-Russian enterprise operating in the field of information and communication technologies, were signed in Tehran on Monday at a meeting of the Iranian-Russian commission on economic and trade cooperation. The signing was attended by the commission co-chairs, Russian Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.
C-Ring Telecom and Iran Mobin hold 50% each in the JV’s capital stock. While implementing projects in Iran, the company will avail of the potential and resources of the infrastructure of Iran Mobin, Azertelekom and Synterra. The establishment of this enterprise is another step toward creating a telecommunication ring around the Caspian Sea, to be further used for Eurasian transit of traffic and broadband Internet services in the Caspian coastal states, Synterra said in a statement.
The international telecom project is expected to boost integration in the region and meet challenges of global scale, and new innovative programs will be developed. This cooperation will allow combining the scientific potential of the three states, with several more countries to join in the future. The opportunities include gaining access to supercomputers, GRID system, "cloud computing", implementing information security projects, tele-medicine, and distance learning, Synterra said.*
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