Mobile WiMAX Network Launched in Libya

Libya Telecom & Technology (LTT), Libya's main and biggest Internet service provider (ISP) has launched a mobile WiMAX network - covering some 300,000 potential subscribers in eighteen cities. The WiMAX service was officially launched by Mohammad Al Gaddafi at the Libya Telecom & Technology head office in Tripoli.

The network infrastructure was supplied by Alcatel-Lucent in a US$56 million contract which was awarded last April.

The WiMAX service covers Tripoli, Benghazi, Sabha, Sirte, Misurata, Khomus, Ijdabia, Al Baidha, Gharyan, Benwaleed, Zuwara, Tarhun, Al Brega, Obari, Zleitin, Zawia, Raslanuf and Ghadames.

LTT was bought over by the General Post and Telecommunication Company (GPTC) in 2004. Muhammad Qaddafi, the eldest son of Libyan president Muammar al-Gaddafi is the Chairman.

Posted to the site on 26th January 2009