|  By
Joseph Braud
In
a region, which often views telecom as a key strategic sector to
be reserved for domestic players, Iran is unexpectedly moving to
liberalize its market. Telecom was included in the sectors that
will be open to foreigners under a recently approved foreign investment
law. That law will allow foreign entities to own up to an aggregate
of 35% of the value of assets in the sector and will allow foreign
investors to repatriate profits in hard currency....more...
 By
Fereydoun Tassmili
We had been at the airport for over two hours waiting for the others
to arrive. The conference guide that met us, using the few English
words he knew, somehow managed to communicate that we had to wait
for a large group from Iran before he could take us to our hotel
in downtown Moscow. I was anxious to get to the hotel and check
my email as I had left Atlanta with a long list of half finished
business. In addition, I had promised Susan, the editor of SiliconIran
that I would write an article about a successful Iranian high-tech
company operating in Iran. The deadline was coming up fast. A CEO
of one of the companies I had contacted had said "yes"
to cooperating on the article in the customary Iranian fashion.
He really meant "no" but could not bring himself around
to actually telling me that. I had not heard back from any of the
other companies....more...
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