AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, telecommunications briefs

Apr 11, 2012 (AME Info - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- IRAN DENIES INTERNET SHUTDOWN, WILL NOT SWITCH TO NATIONAL INTRANET: Iran's ministry of communication and information technology has denied online reports that it plans to cut access to the internet in August and replace it with a national intranet, AFP has reported. The reports derived from an alleged interview with communications minister Reza Taghipour published on April 1 that was in fact a hoax, the ministry said. The hoax report quoted Taghipour saying that Iran would from August launch a "clean internet" that would block popular services like Google and Hotmail and replace them with government-sponsored search engines and e-mail services. "The report is in no way confirmed by the ministry" and is "completely baseless," the ministry said.

GULF TELECOM FIRMS MISS OUT ON MOBILE HANDSET SALES, SAYS MICROSOFT BOSS: Samer Abu-Ltaif, the general manager for Microsoft Gulf has said telecoms companies handle only 2 percent of mobile-phone sales in the region, marking an opportunity for the region's struggling operators, The National has reported. "The number of devices that are sold by the telcos directly is only 2 percent of all devices in the region," he said. "Here, the telcos are not engaged heavily in that. And there is an opportunity for them to make money," he added. Microsoft is in talks with Gulf telecoms operators about future launches of Windows Phone devices, notably those manufactured by Nokia, Abu-Latif said.

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