Behzad Akbari, CEO of the Infrastructure Company, in the General Assembly of the Infrastructure Communications Company, presented a report on the state of the company and said: “Due to restrictions in the last two years, the Infrastructure Communications Company faced foreign currency debts, which caused problems for the company. “With the developments that took place in the 14th government and the openings, the traffic trend is growing and we are still trying to continue this trend.”
He said about the need to increase the international capacities of this company: “In addition to investing and implementing development plans to increase the quality of the services provided, we must increase our international capacities.”
Emphasizing the need to increase foreign exchange earnings, Akbari said: “We are looking to increase our foreign exchange earnings and sell more transit services.” For this purpose, we have more qualitative interactions with regional partners on the agenda.”
Continuing his speech, the Deputy Minister of Communications emphasized the necessity of diversifying the company’s product portfolio and said: “With the currency changes in the country, the return of investment to the Infrastructure Communications Company becomes more complicated. Until now, we have operated as a single product and relied on communication services, but now it is necessary to diversify our product portfolio and operate in a business model beyond that of a provider of communication services.
In the continuation of this meeting, Ehsan Chitsaz, the deputy of policy and planning for the development of FAVA and digital economy of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, said about the need to create diversity in the earning process for the Infrastructure Communications Company: “Although the Infrastructure Communications Company is a state-owned company, but with the management In addition to increasing the capacity of the network, it is now possible to offer more services to people.”
He said about solving the infrastructure communication company’s financial challenges: “In my opinion, the infrastructure communication company should include transforming the sources of income and benefiting from new sources in its plans. “Also, public and private partnership is a requirement of the seventh development plan and the policy requirements of the ministry’s set for the infrastructure company, and we expect this company to be able to record a more successful performance with these levers.”
