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Editor's Notes

• #3: Let me tell you a small true story about Iran potentials. In a formal report that was prepared by Lord Hafman and is now published, the CEO of the MTN is quoted saying in the board that “Iran is the most virgin market in the world”. The result of this attitude was investment of south African company-MTN in the largest FDI project in Iran called MTN-Irancel project in 2008 . According to Mr. Jarrahi who was chief negotiator representing local partner, the project with $1.5 B investment creates $600 M profit per year and its EBITDA is 45% which is the largest compared to other 20 countries in which MTN is operating. MTN shares price went up 15% as soon as it won the deal. The project loan is fully repaid and Iran government, other than income tax has received $5 B for granting operator license. In a win-win deal the project created 20,000 direct and indirect jobs (2,000 direct jobs) and brought the cost of simcard down from $500 to $1 in a couple of years.
• #9: On te other hand Iran ICT services current market is $6.4 B most of which belongs to two main operators that are TCI, and Irancell
• #17: 40% of the ME Contrary to popular belief, these aren’t just government-sponsored accounts that troll the Internet, but one of the largest organic communities in the world. In fact, Iran has the world’s largest blogosphere relative to its population, with nearly 25% of users running a blog and another 21% of users that read or contribute to forums at least twice a day. As evidenced in countries like China, any government suppression of social media tends only to increase the population’s technological sophistication in bypassing artificial barriers. with the Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif maintaining a popular Facebook page with over 900k likes. For comparison, the British Prime Minister David Cameron has a paltry 250k likes.
• #18: Mobile subscriptions: 83.2m (Largest in the Middle East) Internet penetration: 55% Facebook users: 58% Mobile penetration: 110% – 143% (2014 – 2017) Smartphone users: 8 million largest mobile market in the ME, with 83.2 million mobile subscriptions and 8 million smartphones in 2012 This is evidently a large market of untapped Candycrush users, especially since a wide range of sanctions
• #29: In my presentation, I would like to share with you some facts and figures about Iran’s ICT market opportunities.