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Iran expects domestic startups to rise

reporter 1222 — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 06:01:03 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said that his country is robustly after developing its innovative economy, adding that 200 more new technology-based domestic startups (NTBFs) will get activated in the next Iranian year (to start March 20).

“The number of NTBFs will hit 5,000 at large,” Sattari said in his visit to Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province, reported Fars News Agency.

Moving in the path of the technology-based economy and domestic startups should pave the way for the development and progress of Iran, he said, adding, “taking advantage of capacities and potentials of each region and developing NTBFs will pave the way for the development and progress in the country.”

Sattari further noted that the development of startups plays a leading and important role in cutting dependency of the country to foreign countries.

Taking advantage of high potentials and capacities of the manpower should be taken into consideration as well, he stressed.

Iran has taken wide strides in science and technology, particularly in medical and medicinal fields, in recent years.

Last month, Sattari said, “We are the superior power in the region and Asia in biotechnology.”

Last week, the media announced that Iranian scientists at a startup have succeeded in the production of a 3D scanner to capture in three dimensions the full body of a person.

“The scanner can give the 3D model of a body. The system consists of two parts of a rotary platform and a sensor tower,” Mohammad Sadeq Shahabadi, the CEO of the company, said.

He said that for taking a 3D scan, a person should stand on the platform and the 3D sensor starts operation; then the rotary platform rotates so that the sensor can record the specifications of all parts of the body, adding that at last, the software will display the 3D model of a person.

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Iran to double IT share in economy

reporter 1222 — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 11:13:17 +0000

He made the remarks on the sidelines of the 25th ELECOMP Exhibition on Saturday.

Referring to the strategic plan of Iranian ICT Guild organization to increase the share of IT in the economy, Saraeian said that Iran’s IT share in economy will be doubled due to this strategic plan.

Facilitation, removal of barriers and setting up IT businesses are among the key steps of implementing this strategic plan, he added.

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IT paves way for young generation to implement ideas: minister

reporter 1222 — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 08:30:09 +0000

The inefficiency in different fields is one of the main problems the country is facing, he lamented

Startups active in different fields not only create jobs and money but also provide solutions for several problems in the society, he added.

In addition to insurance, tax, and licenses, the entrepreneurs should deal with problems to hire professional human resources, he said.

Some changes and innovations are needed in the infrastructure of the business ecosystem in order to use the potentialities of the young generation in order to create job and money, he said.

The use of technology in different fields will lead to improvement like smart cities in which the citizens benefit from hi-tech in their daily life, he said.

He named smart agriculture, smart healthcare, and hygiene as the fields which lead to digital transformation.

Different organizations should cooperate with each other with the goal of increasing efficiency, he said.

In February 2019, the vice president for science and technology Sourena Sattari announced that Iran plans to supply commodities, which are impeded by Iran’s sanctions, with the productions of Iranian startups and knowledge-based companies.

The existence of 6,000 startups and 4,000 knowledge-based companies provide great potential to meet national demands.

The knowledge economy should be improved and this is possible through providing entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem, Sattari explained.

In late January, Sattari announced that the knowledge-based companies meet about 97 percent of the domestic market’s need to medicine which saves $550 million for the country.

He said that Iran boasts over 4,000 startups with about 600 trillion rials (about $14.3 billion) income.

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Efficiency possible through information technology: minister

reporter 1222 — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 05:45:32 +0000

TEHRAN – Efficiency, the only solution to benefit from limited resources worldwide, is possible through information technology, communication and information technology minister said, the ministry’s website announced.

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi made the remarks during his recent trip to the southern province of Bushehr on Saturday.

For instance, smart irrigation decreases water consumption and the smart water meters measure the consumption more precise, he added.

IT-based services is the only field in the world in which, the job creation is developed, he said.

There is no way other than moving toward IT since the digital transformation or fourth industrial revolution is happening all through the world, Azari Jahromi added.

Iran’ telecommunication industry market share is 400 trillion rials (9.5 billion dollars) but there is no official statistics about IT market, he announced.

According to Iran Chamber of Commerce Iran has 200 million dollars annual income from software export, he announced.

The ministry plans to renovate data of IT ecosystem through agreements with other organizations, he said.

He pointed to recent agreements signed between the ministry, agriculture ministry and energy ministry according to which, the data liberation is highlighted, he concluded.

Data liberation is the practice of allowing users to view and export the data that you have about them. In theory, data liberation could be adopted as a legal principle but regulations in this area remain sparse. Data liberation reduces vendor lock-in.

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