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An Overview of Iran Telecom Network
Iran Telecom Started in 1857
(Just 14 years of Morse invention)
The Telephone Company of Iran
( Now Telecommunication company of Iran) established
in 1931
The Ministry of Post, Telegraph and
Telephone( Now Ministry of Telecommunication
and Information Technology) established in 1876
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Resource: TCI.ir
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The National Telecommunication Report
No Service/facility 2000 2006 2007 Sep . 2008
1 Fixed line activation 9,486,260 22,626,944 23,585,125 24,298,196
2 Mobile subscriber activation 962,595 15,385,289 21,545,510 27,773,850
3 Connected villages 28,062 51,058 52,563 52,518
4 Fixed line penetration rate 14,9 32,57 33,06 33/67
5 Mobile subscriber penetration rate 1,51 22,20 30/10 38/20
6 Transmission channels 405,997 1,371,712 1,758,142 2,175,325
7 International channels(incoming) 8,483 11,226 12,970 15,381
8 Public phone booths local 84,971 167,366 177,753 196,211
9 Long - distance public phone booths 11,813 89,460 113,499 136,815
10 Cities under the mobile network coverage 337 1,016 1,016 1,056
11 Areas with long -distance connection 2,962 6,280 6,280 6,280
12 Data transmission network(cities) 129 942 1,086 1,150
13 International band width (mbps) - 3,726 9,626 12,734
14 Optical fiber network (km) 7,205 75,000 77,500 79,100
15 Rural ICT Offices - 2,287 3,668 6,412
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IN THE NAME OF GOD
IRAN ICT REPORT 2008
Fixed Line Telephone Network Development
Fixed line telephone which is the outstanding service provided by TCI
(Telecommunication Company of Iran ) has rendered high growth rate , as it increased from
17,798,809 line ( equal to %26.32 penetration rate ) in 2004 to 24,298,196 lines ( equal to 33/67
penetration rate) in Sep. 2008 . It is predicted that it will exceed 36,300,000 lines ( equal to
%50 penetration rate).
The following diagram illustrates the number of fixed lines compared for different years
from 1997 to Sep. 2008:
25000000
20000000
15000000
10000000
5000000
0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Sep2008
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Mobile Network Development
Mobile subscriber base of the country increased from 5,075,678(equal to %17.49 penetration
rate ) in 2004 to 27,773,850 ( equal to 38/20 penetration rate ) in Sep. 2008.
Moreover, the number of the cities under the mobile network coverage increased from 851 in
2004 to 1,056 in Sep. 2008. All the mobile subscribers are provided with SMS facility , 280,000
of which are also provided with VMS. The international roaming connection with 102 countries
( 231 operators ) has been established for the national ( mobile subscribers recently ) .
The following diagram illustrates the number of mobile subscribers compared for
different years from 1997 to Sep. 2008:
30000000
25000000
20000000
15000000
10000000
5000000
0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Sep2008
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Rural ICT Development
In order to connect the underprivileged areas to the network , TCI has been making every effort
to increase the number of villages from 43,800 in 2004 to 52,518 in Sep. 2008 . It is predicted
that it will exceed 62,120 villages by 2009 In addition , 6,412 rural TCI offices were launched in
Sep. 2008 . It is predicted that they will be extended to 10,000 villages .
The following diagram illustrates the number of the connected villages compared for
different years from 1997 to Sep. 2008:
60000
52518
52563
50173
50000
46764
42821
40109
40000
36020
31893
30000 28062
23000
1865520000
16160
10000
0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Sep2008
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National Optical Fiber Network Expansion
TCI has expanded the national optical fiber network to 79,100 km to provide better local,
national and international connection for voice, data and multimedia transmission of its
subscriber base.TAE ( Asia-Europe) project is one of the measures taken to connect Asia to Europe through Iran
via a2,200 km optical fiber cable. Among the other concerning projects include the Iran-
Afghanistan 150 km. optical fiber cable which enhance the network.
The following diagram illustrates the optical fiber cable network expansion in
kilometers compared for different years from 1997 to Sep . 2008:
80000
70000
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Sep2008
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IT (Information Technology ) Network Development
In order to create, process and transmit/ receive data , some electronic devices are used , as the
national IT network is equipped with , 2,276 data centers 41,229 data access ports and 133,013
installed ports . 1,150 cities are under the coverage of the national IT network . the international
bandwidth has been increased to 12,734 Mbps , 18,229 e-bank branches , 324 universities
connected to the internet via optical fiber cables and21,000,000 national internet user base
can be mentioned as examples of IT services provided by the national network operator
Public phone Booth Expansion
The number of the public phone booths set up by TCI reached 208,845 including local and long-
distance coin/card fed phone sets. To provide public easy access to the network.
Transmission channel Expansion
The national telecom network incorporates 2,175,325 transmission channels.
Human power Resource Status
The telecom staff per 1,000 telephone lines / subscribers has reached 2.1 since the introduction
of advanced technologies and human resource management. 200 jobs have been created directly
and indirectly since then .They are going to be doubled by 2009 .
37,772 state employees work for TCI , of which 958 in the Mother company , 707 in the
Infrastructure company , 272 in the IT company hold university degrees , %54 of which are
technicians.
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Telecom Privatization
TCI privatization is underway to provide the requirements for the national ICT sector
development by selling its shares in the stock market to be a holding company . the goal will be
empowering the private sector in the industry to produce mobile handsets and equipments ,
support the domestic telecom products by the leading council as well as granting loans , daily
response to the demands for new telephone lines , Intelligent Network set up , internet band
width increase up to 4.5 times , reducing the internet tariffs , planning the national Internet
network ,….
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Telecommunication of IRAN
(Past - current - Future)
Situation of Telecommunication in 1977
The number of fixed telephone subscribers 850800
Penetration rate of fixed telephone 2.34
Connected villages 312
Public telephone network 4,294
Long distance connected points 82
Current situation till Sep . 2008
The number of fixed telephone subscribers 24,298,196
The number of Mobile telephone subscribers 27,773,850
The number of internet users 21,000,000
Penetration of fixed telephone 33.67
Penetration rate of mobile telephone 38.20
Connected villages 52,518
Optical Fiber network 79,100km
Public Telephone network 208,845
2009 plan
The number of fixed telephone subscribers 36,300,000
The number of Mobile telephone subscribers 36,300,000
The number of internet users 30,000,000
Penetration rate of fixed telephone %50 (at least)
Penetration rate of mobile telephone %50 (at least)
Connected villages 62,120
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FIBER OPTIC NETWORKFIBER OPTIC NETWORK
FIBER OPTIC CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EXCHANGES
STARTED TO USE IN 1988
TYPES OF FIBER USED IN THE NETWORK: 12, 24,48,72,144,288
CORE
FTTX ACCESS )
USING STARTED IN 2006
DUE TO CUSTOMER DEMAND FOR BROAD BAND WIDTH IT HAS
INCREASED TO USE THE FIBER OPTIC ACCESS DAY BY DAY .
VOICE , DATA, VIDEO OVER FIBER IS VASTLY USED IN
THE NETWORK FOR EXAMPLE TRAFIC & TRAFIC LIGHT
CONTROL DATA AND PICTURES AND VIDEO ARE SENT
OVER FIBER BY TRAFFIC CONTROL CO.
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FIBER OPTIC NETWORKFIBER OPTIC NETWORK
FIBER OPTIC ACCESS
INCLUDES: IMPLEMENTATION OF ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE AND
PROVIDING THE NGN prerequisite Which has started since 2003
ACCOMPLISHED Access projects:
HUAWEI : 500000
ZTE :270000
TELABS :250000
RUNNING PROJECTS:
GPON PILOT PROJECT IS UNDER TEST AND OBSERVATION
INCLUDING FTTX EQUIPMENT FOR TRIAL
PASSIVE EQUIPMENT
UPON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FIBER OPTIC INFRASTRUCTURE THE
OUTDOOR SHAPED TYPE WITH 144 ,288 LINE HAVE BEEN USED IN
TEHRAN PROVINCE (2*300)
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FIBER OPTIC NETWORKFIBER OPTIC NETWORK
INTERNAL EXCHANGE CONNECTION
INTERNAL CONNECTION IS EITHER 2 M OR STM-1 IN THE NETWORK
OR IN THE TRANSMISSION TO TRANSIT EXCHANGES
CONCLUSION:
FIBER OPTIC HAS BEEN CARRIER FOR DIFFERENT
TYPES OF INFORMATION SUCH AS DATA 85%,
TRANSMISSION 100% ACCESS 25% (MAIN ROUTES
60%) AND FORMS THE MAIN BASE OF OPTICAL
NETWORK
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Evolution Solution in Access Network
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APP ServerNMS
SHLR
LE
Soft
Switch
PSTN INTERNET
IP COREV5
FE/GE
H.24
8ONU upgrade to AG
OLT
MSTP
ONU
ONU
DSL
ONU
AG
H.24
8
H.24
8
• ONU upgrading to AG ( Access Gateway ) , just by adding
some boards to convert TDM voice to IP packet.
TG
SG
Evolution Solution for ONU Upgrading to AG
AG
AG
DSL
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Charactrics of NG-SDH Equipted with ASON
Network Intelligence
Automatic Node Recognition
Dynamic Routing Establishment
Mesh Topology Recovery
Automatic Switching Optical Network
Service Level Agreement(SLA)
Offering Traditional SDH &
Ethernet/FE/GE Services
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Mesh Provides Flexibility and Network Stability
Access to Existing Resources in the Network through Mesh Topology is much more
possible
Each Node is at least Connected to three other Network Nodes
Recovery by Mesh Topology
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SLA – The different Service Levels
E-recov Diamond Gold Silver Copper
Service Level
Protection
Type
Permanent
Protection 1+1
Ring Protection and
restoration
Only
restoration
Non-
Protection
Description
All the Routes are used
permanently for protection
of the service
At first, Service inside the ring is
protected and in case of failure of
the ring, the restoration
mechanism is used
restoration
mechanism is used
－
Switching
Time
Less than 50 ms
Switching time is less than 50ms
Restoration time is less than 2Sec
Restoration time is
less than 2Sec
－
Bandwidth
Occupation
High Medium low Very Low
Service Type
Ministery & Govermental lines,
banks and big comercial
centers and airlines
Voice Services such as
PSTNوGSM
Leased lines
Internet users
Operator
Benefit
Very High High Medium low
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Ason in Tehran Network
Prominent Points:
Ason network promotes security, protection and network bandwidth efficiency
SDH Infrastructure does traffic ordering, and intelligent infrastructure does
replacement vastly
complete Adaption between SDH and ASON
Easy and fast Extendibility
Integrated and intelligent network management fascilitate O&M
.
OptiX10G
OptiX2500+
OCSOCS
OptiX OSN9500
BB
VV DD
GG
BB PP
DD
GG
GG
44--fiber MSP 10G Ringfiber MSP 10G RingVV
FFKK
HH
ASON InfrastructureASON Infrastructure
Intelligent NetIntelligent Net
SDH InfrastructureSDH Infrastructure
layerlayer I
SDHSDH ConvergenceConvergence
layerlayer
22--fiber MSP 2.5G Ringfiber MSP 2.5G Ring
MultiMulti--fiber 10G Meshfiber 10G Mesh
OptiX T2100
OptiX T2000
Integrated and UnifiedIntegrated and Unified
Network ManagementNetwork Management
OptiX AOS
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Cross-Connect capacity at VC-4 level is 160 Gbps
Cross-Connect Capacity at VC-12 level is 10 Gbps
Multi-Service specially ethernet traffic switchings
capability is one of the characteristics of these
equipments
Multiservice functionality:
34/45 Mb/S
2 Mb/S
STM1/4/16/64
Ethernet/FE /GbE
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Service Description Quantity
PPC Prepaid Service 2,500,000
FPH Free Phone Service 5,000
VPN Virtual Private Network 30,000
PNS Personal Number Service 10,000
UAS Universal Access Number 20,000
PRS Premium Rate Service 5,000
VOT Televoting 1000
NP Number Portability 50,000
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Internet
Province 1
Province 3
Province 2
Province 9
Province 10
Province 11
Province n
Province m
International Gateway
National Core
Regional Gateway
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SoftSwitch
IP/Ethernet
UA5000
(1500+50)
(1500+50)
NE20
MSTP/
SDH
UAM
UA5000
UMG8900
(1500+50)
(1500+50)
(161 E1)
(40 PRA)
PSTN
PBX
2 GE
NE40
fiber
fiber
ONU 60A
(1500+50)
Remote Feed
Powerless
UA5000
NE20
NE20
Adsl
IAD
ADSL Or
G.SHDSL
All of the UAs include 1500*pots + 50 * ADSL
Adsl
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Steps Accomplished toward NGN
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UA5000
IAD
Adsl
Adsl
Sip Softphone on
PC(Free Softphone is
availablle)
ONU 60A
Remote Feed
Powerless
G.SHDSL
Videophone
Adsl
Group Video Terminal
IP/MPLS Network
Internet
IP Centrex
Multimedia conference
IAD
Kalantari
IAD
VPN
IAD Planning &
Engineering
IAD Region 3
IAD karaj
VPN
ADSL Or
G.SHDSL
Adsl
IP Centrex
