Pars Online
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Genre | Internet service provider |
| Founded | Tehran, Iran, 1999 |
| Headquarters | Tehran , Iran |
Number of locations | 28 |
Area served | Iran |
Key people | Abdollah Fateh Majid Emami |
Number of employees | 550 [citation needed] |
| Website | ParsOnline.com |
Pars Online is an Iranian Internet service provider based in Tehran. Founded in 1999 by two Iranian entrepreneurs, Pars Online has over 550 employees.[citation needed]
Pars Online is the largest private ISP in Iran,[citation needed] providing a full range of ISP services for both residential and business customers.
Products and services
- Dialup Internet
- Telephone cards for low cost outgoing International phone calls
- Data Center services
- Broadband Internet
- ADSL Internet services
- VSAT
- NOC (Network Operation Center)
- Network consultation, design and implementation
Pars was the first company in Iran to be awarded a PAP license (allowing them to deploy ADSL[citation needed]), and also holds a VSAT license,[citation needed] allowing them to sell VSAT services.
Offices, coverage, and representation
The head office is in central Tehran, although Pars Online has many POP's around Tehran and Iran, in addition to agencies in other major cities.[citation needed]
Pars Online offers ADSL and/or other services in the following cities: Ahvaz, Arak, Asalouyeh, Babol, Bandar Abbas, Birjand, Bojnourd (also spelt Bojnoord or Bujnurd), Bushehr, Esfahan (also spelt Isfahan), Qom (also spelt Ghom), Hamedan, Karaj, Kerman, Kermanshah, Mashad, Pardis, Orumieh, Qazvin (also spelt Ghazvin), Rasht, Sanandaj, Sari, Shahriar, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Yazd, Zahedan and Zanjan.[citation needed]
Data center
Pars Online has established the first private data center in Iran[citation needed] at Pardis Technology Park in Pardis, 20 km outside greater Tehran.
Competition
According to United Nations report on Post Report of Iran, Pars Online along with Afranet and Neda are in major competition in VOIP services.[1] Parsonline is in major competition with Afranet, Shatel, Sepanta, Neda Rayaneh[2] and other local ISPs.