Iran to connect all 20-household villages to broadband by 2028
An official in the Iranian telecoms ministry says all villages in the country with a population of more than 20 households will be connected to broadband internet in the next three years.
Nik Mohammad Baluchzehi, who serves as an advisor to Iran’s telecoms minister, said on Wednesday that some 10,000 villages, from a total of 39,645 villages with more than 20 households in Iran, are still without access to broadband internet.
Baluchzehi said all those remaining villages will be connected to Iran’s broadband network by the end of a five-year vision plan that ends in 2028.
He said that the target is part of a government program to create justice in communication across Iran.
Telecoms ministry authorities under a previous administration said in April 2023 that more than 91% of Iranian villages with a population of over 20 households had been connected to high-speed internet via the country’s National Information Network.
Many of the villages that have been connected to high-speed internet are located in Iran’s hard-to-reach areas, making it more difficult and more expensive for the government to supply the infrastructure needed for the network.
Iran has one of the highest broadband internet penetration rates in the West Asia region with figures provided by the country’s telecoms regulator showing that the rate has reached nearly 140%.
However, despite a rapid expansion of mobile internet services in Iran, the country has been struggling to improve its fixed broadband infrastructure in recent years.
The Iranian telecoms ministry is working on a plan to provide optic fiber broadband to some 20 million customers across the country in the coming years.
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