Middle East Public date: 24.08.2017 23:12:18

3 Aug 2011

Government develops ‘National Internet’ to combat international InternetÂ’s impact

Communication and information technology minister Reza Taqipour Anvari announced at the start of July that the first phase of a National Internet, also called Clean Internet, will get under way at the end of August, offering an 8 Mbps speed broadband connection that will later rise to 20 Mbps and a national search engine called 'Ya Haq' (Oh Just One) to be launched in early 2012. The project s aim is to 'better manage national emails and information gathering within the country and to improve security,' he said. Surveillance of dissidents email will inevitably increase.
Communication and information technology minister Reza Taqipour Anvari announced at the start of July that the first...

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