Iran creates Halal Internet network

Iran is creating an Internet network which it has called Halal after the net consortium was established for the purpose, a top Iranian official has said.

"Creating Halal Internet network will be a turning point in the sphere of e-government, e-commerce and e-banking, and all e-services within the country will be rendered through the network" IRNA state news agency quoted the country’s Deputy Vice President for Economic Affairs Ali Agamohammadi as saying.

He said that the internal network will operate in parallel with the Internet.

Agamohammadi said the Iranian net consortium will work in the sphere of fiber-optic network, and Internet speed will increase with the beginning of its activity.

"The consortium initially will render services through fiber-optic network to 10 million users," he said.