Iran prepping first homegrown mobiles

When your government raises tariffs on imported phones from 4 percent to a staggering sixty percent, you kinda hope there are plans in place to start producing handsets on home turf. That's exactly the bind Iranians find themselves in at the moment, but relief's in sight -- the head of Iran Telecommunication Manufacturing Company says his folks are ready to start selling ITMC-branded phones as soon as June of this year, with a full 300,000 units being thrown together by year's end. Though the manufacturing is homegrown, it appears the technology is not; Iran has contracted with as-yet-unnamed South Korean companies to get the necessary equipment and tech brought over to Iranian borders. If this means Iran gets a DMB-equipped Shine before we do, that's going to be so not cool.

[Via textually.org]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2007 1:40PM]

Give them a break, their people are already under dictatorship of some moslem fanatics. Besides, I doubt their anti-western government would allow DMB, unless it's broadcasting nothing but propaganda.