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
SMEX • 22 Jan 2025

Manifesto: Towards a Productive and Equitable Telecommunications Sector in Lebanon

We oppose treating the telecommunications sector as a means to impose indirect tax on Lebanon’s residents. We instead call for…

  • Access
  • Lebanon
  • Telecommunications
Mahdi Krayem • 28 Oct 2024

Displaced and disconnected: internet shutdowns disrupt the lives of thousands 

Two Israeli airstrikes have targeted the “Burj Awdeh” building in the city of Tyre in South Lebanon. The first occurred…

  • Fees
  • Lebanon
  • OGERO
SMEX • 25 Oct 2024

Digital Rights During the War on Lebanon: October 24-25, 2024

Beirut, October 25, 2024 | The Lebanese government reported mass losses in the telecom sector as a result of constant…

  • Alfa
  • internet shutdowns
  • Lebanon
Safaa Ayyad • 16 Jul 2024

Lebanon’s telecom ministry to suspend mobile SIMs for “illegal” Syrian refugees 

The government-led campaign to deport Syrian refugees in Lebanon has been marked by escalating hate speech, raids, arrests, and further…

  • Alfa
  • Lebanon
  • Syrian refugees
SMEX • 08 Mar 2024

Digital wallets on hold in Lebanon, telecom minister stalling decisions

The Public Procurement Authority has halted efforts by Alfa (one of Lebanon’s state-owned mobile operators) to conclude a direct contract…

  • e-wallets
  • Lebanon
  • minister of telecommunications
Zeinab Ismail • 01 Nov 2023

Internet in Gaza: Limited even before war

“Recent airstrikes amidst relentless aggression have severely damaged the last-standing international routes connecting Gaza to the outside world, in addition…

  • Gaza
  • internet shutdowns
  • Palestine
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