Taliya is the third largest mobile phone

Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...

 network operator in Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 (2008). It is owned by the Rafsanjan Industrial Complex Islamic Cooperative Company.

In May 2005, a prepaid service, managed by Millicom International Cellular (Luxembourg), was launched in Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

 by a local firm, Rafsanjan Industrial Complex. Millicom entered an agreement in 2004 with Rafsanjan to manage a network for 2 million prepaid customers under a build-operate-transfer contract between Rafsanjan and the Telecommunication Company of Iran

Telecommunication Company of Iran

Telecommunication Company of Iran was established in 1971 with a new organizational structure as the main responsible administration for the entire telecommunication affairs, and Iran Telecommunication Industries was also founded in the same year to manufacture the required equipment for the...

(TCI).