According to the budget law of the year 1403 of the whole country, municipalities are required to issue optical fiber drilling permits to operators within 15 days at most.
According to Iran digital economy annotation, the first part of the budget law of 1403 of the whole country was promulgated on the 29th of Esfand. The issue of non-cooperation of municipalities with optical fiber operators has always been one of the most important complaints of these companies. Now, in clause “پ” of Article 11 of the budget law, there is a solution for this problem.
According to this paragraph, the municipalities across the country and the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development are obliged to accelerate and facilitate private sector investment in the development of fiber optic network, the permission to drill and install fiber optic equipment in urban roads and roads outside the city within 15 days after receiving The request of the carrier operator introduced by the Ministry of Communications and in compliance with the terms, conditions and tariffs approved by the Commission for the Regulation of Communications Regulations.
Transferring the account balance to the optical fiber development fund
Also, based on paragraph “ب” of the same article, the balance of the wire network development account (optical fiber), which was foreseen in paragraph “س” of note 7 of the budget law of 1402, will be transferred to the fund account after the establishment of the optical fiber development fund. In addition, the amounts of aid paid to communication operators from the sources of this fund are also exempted from tax.
It should be mentioned that according to the reports of the Ministry of Communications, in the last days of 1402, the amount of coverage in the optical fiber project and homes and businesses exceeded 7 million. The Ministry of Communications has predicted that with the approval of this legal article, the amount of optical fiber network coverage will double by the end of the year.
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