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Abed Kataya • 04 May 2023

Touch Enforcing Strict SIM Policy After Corruption Scandal

“You need a permanent residency,” said an employee at Touch, a mobile services company in Lebanon, to Syrian Alaa Al-Zuhuri…

  • Alfa
  • Lebanon
  • Mobile Communications
Abed Kataya • 06 Jul 2020

Mapping the telecom outages in Lebanon

Report any telecommunications outage that happens in Lebanon by filling out this form. We will use this information to update…

  • Alfa
  • Currency
  • DSL
Elham Barjas • 31 Mar 2017

Two Years of Collective Punishment: Mobile Data Remains Inaccessible to Arsal Residents

Update: Mobile internet was restored in Arsal in September 2017, over three years after it was cut off, according to…

  • Alfa
  • Arsal
  • Internet Shutdowns