Tehran, Jan. 14 -- Iranian authorities are rapidly proceeding with launching a new comms project, engineered specifically to impose a total internet blackout on the country for as long as it deems fit, in a bid to fully control information flow and establish an iron chokehold on all essential services, as some parts of the country are still able to get internet service, while others are using patchy net services via accessing Starlink satellites.
According to Iran International, the project aims to build a nationwide communications network on a Huawei-based platform, doing work similar to services provided by Iranian cloud firm ArvanCloud (Abr Arvan) but on a far larger scale, and intended to host widely used public services as well as ban...