Iran to Produce One Million Cell Phones

Date: 14 August 2023 - 21:45

News ID: ۱۱۸۲۶۰

TEHRAN – CEO of Payam Special Economic Zone Akbar Ghanbarpour has announced that Iranian companies in the economic zone will produce one million smartphones and feature phones by the end of the current Iranian calendar year, which is March 20, 2024.
Ghanbarpour announced on Monday that launching a digital economy hub is among the goals of the economic zone.
He stated that producing smart and feature phones is a project aimed at turning the zone into a hub for the digital economy. Ghanbarpour also mentioned that 13 private companies have requested to launch their production in the special zone, with two companies already operational.
Ghanbarpour in his remarks said that it is expected that by the end of the current Iranian calendar year, one million domestically-made mobile phones would be produced in this zone, with one-third being smartphones and the rest being feature phones.
The Payam Special Economic Zone is located in Alborz province, west of Tehran.