Azerbaijan, Baku, Sep.8 / Trend F.Karimov /
Iran plans to establish Information and Communications Technology (ICT) complexes across the country, ISNA quoted Iran's ICT minister Mahmoud Vaezi as saying.
Preliminary studies are being carried out in this regard, he said.
The complexes will be established near universities and research centers in order to meet regional needs and help boost exports, the minister added.
It should be recalled that, more than 45 million people are using internet in Iran, IRNA reported on April 7, citing data released by the National Internet Development Center.
The number of internet users in the year which ended in March 2012 reached 32.7 million in Iran.
Since 2005, Iran has been developing the "national intranet" to improve control over its content as well as domestic internet speed.
The project, which is separate from the World Wide Web, was scheduled to be completed by 2013. This network will be separated from the rest of the internet and specifically for domestic use.
According to the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) standard, which says, the minimum high-speed internet connection is measured at 1,5 Mbit/s, very few of Iranians have that kind of speed, IRNA reported.
ITU (International Telecommunication Union) is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies - ICTs.
According to Professor of Iranian University of Science and Technology Ali Akbar Jalili, if considering the ITU standard, less than 1 percent of Iranians have 1,5 Mbit/s or more of internet speed.
