The Korean minister will spend four days in the country, and will discuss telecom infrastructure, electronics government and mobile communications. The visit will include a courtesy call on Iran’s information and communication minister, Seyed Ahmad Motamedi and will also include a meeting with Ali Santain, president of the Telecommunication Company of Iran.
Iran apparently wants to expand its fixed and wireless telecommunications networks, and Korea clearly hopes to grab a chunk of this business. South Korea’s IT exports so far this year total $120m.
Such a strategy will require a delicate balancing act on Korea’s part. Korea’s most important ally on the world stage is of course the US, which has thousands of troops based in the country. Iran is near the top of the US’ list of rogue states.
This article is based on material originallly published by ComputerWire.
