According to the report of Online Economy, Mohammad Hafez Hekami, Advisor to the Minister of Communications, referring to the “Internet Pro” project, announced that the investigation of violations related to the implementation of this project has been started in the Ministry of Communications in recent days.
He clarified that the Ministry of Communications had no role in the formation of this plan: “This plan was not the plan of the Ministry of Communications, nor did the Ministry of Communications issue a license in this regard. The license that the followers of this plan got was only for businesses so that they can maintain the stability of their services in crisis conditions.
Hakemi also emphasized that the principle of this plan, along with its strengths, also had some shortcomings, but “its initial proposal was not made by the Ministry of Communications and the government.”
According to him, what is being implemented today under the name of Internet Pro is beyond the initial framework of the license: “This plan was basically supposed to be only for businesses, but in its implementation, there must have been irregularities and violations, and the judiciary will definitely follow it up.”
Daily tracking for the return of international internet
In another part of his speech, the adviser to the Minister of Communications pointed out the state of disconnection and reopening of the Internet after more than two months of restrictions and said: “No one in the country wanted to disconnect the Internet; Circumstances arose on the basis of which a diagnosis was made. People understand this situation to a great extent. The reopening of the Internet is also done according to the security conditions of the country and the conditions of the field.
Pointing out that “many people have online businesses”, he emphasized that the follow-up for the return of the Internet is done on a daily basis in the Ministry of Communications: “We present our own analysis of cyber and security risks and the extent of their control to the competent institutions, and we hope that with the elites they have on the conditions of the field and the country’s security, the Internet will return, either temporarily or step by step.”
The promise of returning the international internet to normal
Hakemi continued to speak confidently about the connection of the international internet: “Part of the international internet services are now back. We hope that for the development of the digital economy of the country – which will have a very bright future – with this amount of talent and elite and young manpower and top university graduates, the internet will return to normal soon.”
He considered this issue as one of the serious demands of the people and added: “This is the demand of the people and this will definitely happen; People should be relieved about this.”
Resilience of space infrastructure and Khayyam satellite
In another part of his statement, the adviser to the Minister of Communications mentioned the state of space infrastructure during the war and the attacks carried out and said: “In the space organization, despite the damage and attacks that the enemy tried to inflict on all our space infrastructures – from the research institute to the space organization and the control rooms of the Khayyam satellite – the Khayyam satellite continued to operate without any disruption, and the images of this satellite have been received continuously during the war and until today.”
Phone calls were not interrupted
Regarding the state of communication during the war, he said that telephone calls, as the only means of communication for many people, were not interrupted:
“In the field of information technology and infrastructure services, we did not have a single moment of contact in the country; People’s normal calls did not stop even for a moment.
The performance of internal platforms during the Internet crisis
In the end, Hakkami pointed to the performance of internal platforms and networks and defended their capacity: “In the field of internal platforms and internal networks, we had a very high resilience; “To the extent that it was hard for us to believe that more than 2.5 billion messages were exchanged per day in these internal messengers.”
