Iran kicks off latest fibre rollout projects

Iran’s Ministry of ICT says work has begun on deploying fibre access networks in ten provincial centres and 55 other cities across the country. A report from ISNA says some two million premises are already passed by fibre-optic infrastructure. 70,000km of fibre has so far been deployed across Iran and authorities are hoping to oversee the rollout of minimum 25Mbps broadband speeds to 80% of households and 100% of businesses by 2025.