Taadol quotes the Minister of Telecommunications, Mohammad Azar Jahromi, regarding violations by a number of websites which use the CPU of visitors to mine cryptocurrencies. Referring to this act as “Coding Theft”, Mr. Azar Jahromi has warned that in except for cases where the mining was a result of being hacked, websites found mining will face severe penalties by this Ministry. He also confirmed the selling of customer information to advertisers by a number of websites and network operators. A number of mobile network operators have accessed customers IP addresses in order to extract customers online habits which were then sold to advertisers for targeted ads and content creation. Taadol reports that the Ministry is gathering evidence to present the case to court.
National News Review
IRIB seeks a share from online videos
Following the continues loss of viewership over the last years, now Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) is seeking to generate revenue by monitoring online video websites. The Minister of Communications, Mohammad Azarjahromi, tweeted that […]
Industries
How much one minute phone-conversation costs in Iran?
Telecommunication tariffs in Iran is increased by 50%, finally confirms Mahmoud Vaezi, Minister of ICT of Iran. The previous tariff for one-minute conversation on the fixed line was 30 IRR (0.0009 USD); in another word, […]
Week in Brief
Iran Economy in Brief – No. 63
Iranian carpet weavers with or without social security? Only 40% of the country’s carpet weavers are insured by the Social Services. The head of the National Carpet Center, Hamid Kargar, has said that one million […]