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IRAN STATISTICAL YEARBOOK 1394 13. COMMUNICATIONS Introduction Information technology (IT): In the year 1393, the data related to IT have been included in the C ommunication is among significant statistical yearbook. The related statistical data development infrastructures in every country. are available from the year 1392 on. Since the two last decades, the highest Statistical Centre of Iran implemented the survey development in the countries has taken place in on the Internet users among the nation’s the communities that have had the most households in the years 1387 and 1389. In the advances in communication sector. The Impacts year 1392, the Survey on "ICT Use by of information and communication technologies Households and Individuals" ordered by ITO as were so deep that theoreticians could try to the responsible organization for developing and interpret these modern developments through monitoring the ICT indictors in the country was theories of information society and network designed and implemented in collaboration with society. the Statistical Research and Training Centre Communications play a significant role in (SRTC). In the year 1394, the survey entitled economic development of the country towards "Households and Individuals Access to ICT" was vision of knowledge-based economy. Due to implemented, the related information of which is increasing significance of the issue, a separate presented in this chapter. chapter has been allocated to communications in Definitions and concepts the statistical yearbook of the year 1393. Postal units: places where postal services are Statistics presented in this chapter are related to rendered. communications and information technology Government postal units: the units providing (ICT). Below you will find a brief record of postal services run and managed by staff of post statistics production on each area. company. Post: Data for post have been produced as Non-government postal units: providers of registers by post offices since the year 1337, and postal services run and managed by non- collected and disseminated in the statistical government sector (post counter offices, rural yearbook by the SCI since the year 1345. ICT offices, etc…). Statistics of this chapter were revised by the Post General Department and Department: Ministry of Communications and Information main postal unit is located in the capital of Technology in the year 1393. Ostans or Shahrestans or in one of postal Telecommunications: Data for districts of Tehran, where all postal operations telecommunications have been produced as and services are carried out. registers by the related departments since the Urban governmental post office: postal units year 1337, and collected and disseminated in the located in all urban areas which perform statistical yearbook by the SCI since the year operations relating to receipt, preparation, 1345. Statistics of this chapter were revised by dispatch and delivery of mail, as well as sale of the Ministry of Communications and postal securities. Information Technology in the year1393. 517 13. COMMUNICATIONS IRAN STATISTICAL YEARBOOK 1394 Rural governmental post office: in certain rural documents such as: printed writings, areas qualified for rendering postal services, manuscripts, goods, things, financial papers and units called "rural post offices" are established to drafts, notifications and notices having sending render services to a number of adjacent villages. and receiving addresss that the address on the Postal agency: in rural areas or suburbs where envelop of the mail. establishment of a postal unit is not economical, Ordinary mail: parcels that without registration a postal agency is established. These units are in computer systems, stuck with a postage stamp run by one of the local trustworthy people / copy of a stamp or within a contract are (usually, a local businessman) under a contract. collected from public post boxes or clients’ Joint post and telecommunications office: in a home / work and after sorting and preparation, number of operating telecommunications or post they are delivered to receivers’ addreses for units within the suburbs or rural areas, mixed distribution. Main parcels are as follows: letters, postal and telecommunications services are postal cards, printed letters, special bags, rendered by the person tasked with this brochures, notifications, bills and so on. responsibility under the management of the post Registered mail: a mail which is received in post company. This unit is called post and offices or clients’ home / work and in lieu of it a telecommunications office. mailing receipt is issued for sender; a postal Postbox: the smallest postal unit installed and barcode is affixed to the mail so that all used in the public thoroughfares (whether cities operational processes can be registered and or villages). When necessary, these units are tracked in the computerized system. Also, when used only for ordinary mail and the sender drops the mail is delivered to the receiver, he/she signs his or her stamped letter into it. for the item. Main mails are as follows: letters, Public post counter: these units were established printed letters, small parcels and special bags. with the purpose of accelerating and facilitating Express mail service (EMS): a mail which is the rendering of public and non-public services. received in post offices or clients’ home / work In addition to rendering of postal services to be dispatched and delivered to the receiver through presenting electronic services, the and in lieu of it, a mailing receipt is given to the physical counter makes government sender and a postal barcode is affixed to the organizations closer to people’s work place and mail so that all operational processes can be living place. registered and tracked in the computerized Rural 1 ICT offices: are offices that provid at system. Also, when the mail is delivered to the least one of the telecommunication, postal, Post receiver, he/she signs for the item. Main express Bank, IT services as well as services of other mails are as follows: Packages containing government institutions to the public in rural documents and parcels containing areas. merchandises. Postal mails: whatever that is dispatchable Hand-to-hand mail: is a service in which a mail physically including personal writings, is received in post offices or clients’ home / work to be sent in a special manner and in lieu of 1. Information And Communication Technologies. 518 IRAN STATISTICAL YEARBOOK 1394 13. COMMUNICATIONS it, a mailing receipt is given and a postal barcode Mobile phone penetration rate: the number of is affixed to the mail so that all operational active postpaid and prepaid mobile phones per processes can be registered and tracked in the 100 people. computerized system. Also, when the mail is Coverage of mobile in main roads: the number delivered to the receiver, he/she signs for the of kilometers of the main roads where item. In this service, destination of the mail is communication through mobile phone with at specified by the client and its operational least one operator is possible and the basis of the processes is done in a particular manner and communication is according to the information service duration (reception and distribution of of the Ministry of Roads and Urban the mail) is carried out in determined time Development and is related to the commitments intervals. At present, area of this service is of the contents of licence of operators. divided into four groups in terms of destination: urban group, inter-city group of intra-province Villages having fixed telephone lines: the and inter-city group in neighboring provinces number of villages where fixed telephone and inter-city group in non-neighboring communications for their habitants with public provinces. telecommunication network are run by using A. Measurement of registered mail service, EMS telecommunicative equipment and facilities. and hand to hand mail service is obtained by Information is based on the definition of village registers. provided by the Ministry of the Interior B. In order to measure ordinary mail service, Internet: the global public computer network sampling methods and estimation of the number that provides access to a number of of mails per month are used. communicative services such as: world web, Population coverage of each postal unit: Total e-mail, news, information, data, media, etc,. population of the country divided by the number Households having computers: the number of of operating postal units (public and private these households are obtained by surveys. This sector). indicator stands for desktop computers, laptop Installed telephone: a telephone line whose computers, tablet and small computers such as essential equipment is installed, but not yet PDA2. This definition excludes mobile phones. supplied to the customer. Households having internet access at their Telephone in use: a telephone line supplied to a home: refers to the households who have customer so that calls could be made through it. internet access in their houses. In this definition, Active mobile phone subscribers: active access to internet services from every device is permanent and prepaid mobile phone numbers in considered. This device can be a computer, operators’ network that without attaching to a mobile phone, play station devices or digital TV, specific place and through using accessibility etc… .Internet access cen be through fixed facilities, provide mobile phone subscribers with telephone network or