TEHRAN – Iranian young generation has a high scientific level, minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan announced on Thursday after visiting the 24th Iran International Exhibition of Electronics, Computer & E-commerce (ELECOMP 2018), ICT website reported. Ramin Guluzade made the remarks during a meeting with Iran’s Information and Communication Technology minister Mohammad […]

Nokia will help T-Mobile deploy a superfast “5G” mobile internet network across the United States in a $3.5-billion deal, the companies announced Monday. Finland-based Nokia will provide T-Mobile its suite of 5G technology, and help build the telecommunications firm’s new-generation nationwide wireless network, the companies said. “We are all in on 5G,” T-Mobile chief technology […]

Facebook’s stock has taken a nosedive, wiping out about $120bn in market value. The effect of fake news in the 2016 US election and user privacy concerns caused social media giant’s shares to plunge by about 20 percent. The plunge comes after earnings fell short of expectations following a series of scandals, Al Jazeera reported. […]

 Iran ranked first in scientific growth in the world in 2017 among 25 top countries, according to the latest statistics released by the Clarivate Analytics websites. Mohammad Javad Dehghani, President of Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), said Iran produced 52,183 articles in 2017, which gained the country the world’s top position in scientific output. Noting […]

The 24th edition of Iran International Electronic, Computer and E-Commerce Exhibition, known as ELECOMP, has kicked off in Tehran International Permanent Fairground, with companies from over 20 countries in attendance. The opening ceremony is currently underway in the presence of Iranian ICT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari and other officials active in the field of IT […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology plan to support smart irrigation in a bid to help deal with water shortage in the country, ILNA reported. The plan was proposed in an agreement signed by ICT ministry and the Ministry of Agriculture on Sunday. Through smart irrigation, water usage decreases by 35 percent, […]

TEHRAN — Iran moves 20 notches up to rank 86 among 193 countries in the United Nations E-Government Development Index (EGDI 2018) in comparison with EGDI 2017, UN website announced on Saturday. Issued by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, EGDI evaluates the scope and quality of online services, status of telecommunication infrastructure […]

 The governor general of Qom province signed a contract with a Chinese company to let the foreign party build a solar farm in the province. During a ceremony in the investment committee of Qom province, a contract was signed by Seyed Mehdi Sadeghi, the Governor General of the province, and a Chinese company on Tuesday. […]

Facebook’s WhatsApp said that it will roll out measures to stop massage forwarding in India after authorities called for action following the spread of rumors that led to several mob killings in the country. Violence triggered by incendiary false messages in India, WhatsApp’s biggest market with more than 200 million users, has spurred government demands […]

 Sony announced the upcoming release of new CMOS image sensor for smartphone cameras, featuring 48 effective megapixels, the industry’s highest pixel count. Sony’s smartphone division continues to turn in unimpressive performance, but the company remains the market leader in image sensors. Its latest design, the IMX586, promises a leap in image quality by dramatically increasing […]