Cell phones in Lebanon
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Lebanese Government Plans to Boost Mobile Network Capacities by 80% Lebanon's Telecommunication Ministry plans to nearly double the capacity of the country's two mobile phone networks to improve their commercial viability....Noor Financial Investment Interested in Lebanese Phone Networks Kuwait's Noor Financial Investment says that it will join in the bidding for mobile phone licences in Lebanon and Qatar....Another Delay to Lebanon's Mobile Network Privatisation Lebanon's Telecommunication Minister, Jebran Bassil has confirmed that he plans to reduce call charges on the two GSM networks in the country prior to a long planned and often delayed privatisation....Anti-Israeli Messages Broadcast to Lebanese Phones It has been claimed that Israel is sending pre-recorded messages to mobile phone owners in Lebanon as part of an ongoing psychological war....Another Delay for Lebanon's Mobile Network Privatisations The Lebanese government is thought to be planning to delay the privatisation of its two GSM networks - again. The sale of the two networks is expected to commence this month, but a report says that the two companies managing the networks on behalf of the government have just had their concessions extended until the end of this year....Aperto Wins Lebanese WiMAX Supply Contract WiMAX kit supplier, Aperto Networks says that it has been selected by PESCO Telecom for a major WiMAX deployment in Lebanon....Lebanon Delays GSM Network Privatisation Lebanon's government has delayed the planned privatisation of the country's two GSM network operators until the beginning of May. The sale was due to have been carried out at the end of next month - and raise upwards of US$6 billion for the government....Qatar Telecom will bid in Lebanon's estimated $6.8 billion mobile phone license auction planned for Feb. 21, a company executive told Zawya Dow Jones Wednesday.... Emirates Telecommunications Corp., the second-largest mobile operator in the Persian Gulf by market value, will bid for a license in Lebanon if uncertainty concerning the country's presidential elections doesn't delay the estimated $6.8 billion auction, an official said.... A new Arab Advisors' survey of Lebanon's cellular users provides insightful analysis into this idiosyncratic telecom market that is slated for liberalization and privatization. ... |
