Telecomunication Kish Co - Cell Phones Iran

"Stay in Touch"

Background
Telecommunication Kish Company (TKC) in brief was incorporated on the Kish Island known as the Ancient Pearl of the Persian Gulf in December 2000, following the award of a BOT contract with Kish Free Zone Organization (KFZO) for GSM 900 Mobile and Internet ISP networks formally operated by KFZO and being the second national operator. Since the start of TKC commercial operations in January 2001 the Company aimed at providing the Kish Island community including Island national and International visitors in excess of One Million yearly, with the most technologically advanced Cellular Network.

In spite of all the start-up challenges operation of the existing Old Network, TKC installed a new GSM Cellular Network with 20K active subscribers as phase one. TKC was Launched by Libancell International Business, Lebanon and the achievement was possible through joint cooperation with TKC Local Team and full cooperation from KFZO Management for providing facility and Logistic support for the Installation and launch of the Siemens GSM 900 Mobile Network.

Today, TKC serves close to 6,000 subscribers and employs in excess of 44 highly qualified professionals and manages a network consisting one Mobile Switching Center, one Home Location Registers/Authentication Centers, one Base Station Controllers and more than 12 Radio Base Stations and Repeaters.

Our service centers, conveniently located at the Main office HQ facility responding to over 3000 walk-ins per month and our call center to an average of 2000 calls per month.

The Achievements
Telecommunication Kish Company (TKC) recognized the importance of international roaming due to the strategic geographical location in The Persian Gulf and the strategies taken by the Island Management KFZO to promote International Investors to invest on Kish island being a Free Zone, TKC introduced roaming services as early as first month of operation in 2001 and currently has developed International Roaming with more than 22 countries around the globe and 25 additional countries are close to finalization of agreements.

In winter of 2003 TKC witnessed the launch of Short Messaging System (SMS) with International coverage confirming to more than 150 countries around the globe. This service is unilateral with the countries that negotiation of the Roaming agreement is not yet completed.

TKC takes pride in being a leader on many fronts and more so in its role and contributions towards social responsibilities. The Company is committed to supporting athletic activities gaining a Gold award for the Asian championship in Martial Arts in summer 2003.

To maintain its leadership, TKC continuously looks ahead to expand and develop products and services that meet the needs of different market sectors through superior engineering competence and excellent customer service. This is our continuous strive to fulfill our vision: "Stay in Touch" and to succeed in achieving the best of service to our valuable customer.

General Manager