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SMEX • 20 Aug 2025

Policy Paper: Reforming Governance in Lebanon’s Mobile Telecom Sector

Decades of political interference, mismanagement, and corruption have rendered Lebanon’s telecom sector dysfunctional. These systemic failures left users with weak…

Governance
Lebanon
Telecoms

Rym Badran • 24 Jul 2025

To reform Lebanon’s telecom sector, start with better governance

In 2024, frequent telecom outages caused by continued Israeli attacks on crucial infrastructure left thousands of families in the South…

Governance
Internet
Internet access

Safaa Ayyad • 03 Jun 2025

Telecommunications in South Lebanon: Has the Network Recovered After the Ceasefire?

Six months after a fragile ceasefire ended Israel’s full-blown war on Lebanon, many villages in South Lebanon remain without reliable…

Governance
Lebanon
minister of telecommunications

Abed Kataya • 07 Sep 2021

What is the fate of Lebanon’s (.lb) domains?

On August 24, 2021, the technology community in Lebanon woke up to the alarming news of a “digital disaster,” announcing…

.lb
.lb domain
American University of Beirut