TEHRAN, Dec 29 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran said yesterday that, it welcomes services by satellite internet providers, such as U.S. private company SpaceX, provided they observe Iran’s laws and regulations.
Iran currently has two or three operators that are using satellite internet, to provide online services to people in the rural areas, Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Issa Zarepour, told reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting.
About 3,000 villages in Iran are not yet connected to the internet and they can be given satellite internet access, Zarepour said.
In late Sept, the U.S. Treasury Department suggested that, it had eased some restrictions on the supply of internet software and hardware to Iran, to provide the country’s people with uncontrolled access to the internet, through SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service, according to media reports.– NNN-IRNA
