Iranian President Rohani, Turkish PM Erdogan talk on phone

President Rohani, Turkey's Erdogan talk on the phone
Date: 05/08/2013 Time: 22:19
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Tehran, Aug 5, IRNA – President Hassan Rohani, in a telephone conversation
with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Teyyip Erdogan on Monday, said all should
do their best to establish peace and stability in the region.

According to Presidential Office Website, Rohani thanked Erdogan for his
call and said,' Based on our Islamic and human obligations, we should all
try hard to stop bloodshed in the region.'

'Cooperation between Iran and Turkey would be very effective in performing
our Islamic and human duties,' said the president.

'Iran's new government would take big steps to broaden relations with Turkey
on bilateral, regional and international levels,' added President Rohani.

Prime Minister Erdogan, on behalf of himself, government and people of
Turkey, congratulated Rohani on his election as the new president of Iran
and expressed his interest to visit Tehran.

Referring to Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's presence in Tehran
to participate in President Rohani's oath-taking ceremony, Erdogan called
for more development in Teharn, Ankara relations.

The two officials also congratulated each other in adavance, on the advent
of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of holy month of Ramazan.

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Phone Company Owned By Tycoon Carlos Slim Ordered To Pay Calif. $24.4M In Fees

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim attends the Broadband Commission for Digital Development meeting in Mexico City on March 17, 2013. (credit: YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A phone company owned by the world’s richest man, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, has been ordered by the state’s public utility regulator to pay California $24.4 million in unpaid fees and interest.

TracFone Wireless, a prepaid phone company owned by tycoon, didn’t pay fees required of all regulated telecommunications companies, according to a July 11 decision from ALJ McKinney, the California Public Utilities Commission’s Presiding Officer.

No penalty is warranted, regulators said, but because no fees or surcharges were collected from customers up front, the company will bear the cost.

TracFone can appeal or request review within 30 days of the decision.

An email seeking comment from TracFone wasn’t immediately returned and there was no answer at their listing.

The Consumer Protection and Safety Division brought action against TracFone, saying the company didn’t collect user fees from 2004 through 2012 or pay surcharges for public programs, like the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program, from 2000 through 2012.

TracFone began paying the various fees following a decision in 2012. This month’s order assesses the fees owed from before that decision.

Part of the issue was an exemption in state law for phone debit cards. TracFone believed it fell under that exemption, but the state disagreed, according to the order.

TracPhone’s prepaid wireless service, sold under TracFone, Net10 and SafeLink brands at many retailers, including Wal-Mart and RadioShack, requires customers to purchase a mobile phone and then buy minutes to use it.

TracFone described itself as the largest operator in the U.S. prepaid cellular market with approximately 16 million subscribers across the country, the order said.

For the fourth consecutive year, Slim was named the world’s richest man by Forbes in March, when his net worth tallied $73 billion.

TracFone is a subsidiary of Mexico City-based America Movil.

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