Zeinab Ismail • 11 Mar 2025

Why Did Lebanon’s Telecom Ministry Block Mobile Operators’ E-Wallets?

Since 2019, Lebanon’s Central Bank (Banque du Liban) has granted licenses to 19 financial companies to launch e-wallets. However, contrary…

  • Digital Wallets
  • ewallets
  • Johnny Corm
Mahdi Krayem • 02 Dec 2024

Lebanon’s MoT postwar plan: no definite timeframe, funding, nor statistics!

Lebanon’s telecom networks, Ogero, touch, and Alfa, suffered damage and losses estimated at around USD 67 million due to the…

  • Lebanon
  • Telecommunications Sector
Abed Kataya • 10 Jul 2024

Do eSIMs Work in Lebanon?

“Are you interested in connecting to the internet without a physical SIM card?” A video circulating in Lebanon discusses how…

  • Alfa
  • Lebanon
  • Telecommunications Sector
Youssef Al Amin • 26 Jun 2024

How is South Lebanon coping with limited internet and communications amid Israeli bombing?

After over seven months of Israeli bombardment in South Lebanon, Caretaker Minister of Communications Johnny Corm finally mandated cellular companies…

  • Gaza
  • Internet
  • Lebanon
Aseel Sariyah • 18 Apr 2024

Yemenis Complain about Sharing Phone Numbers with Strangers

“Why is your daughter sharing her pictures via WhatsApp?” a question directed by an employee of the YOU- Yemen Oman…

  • Mobile
  • MTN
  • Privacy
SMEX • 16 Aug 2022

Billions in Squandered Funds: Court of Audit Report on the Telecom Sector in Lebanon

  • Audit Bureau
  • Corruption
  • Lebanon
Waleed Ahmed • 26 Jul 2022

Will Sudan’s Telecom Sector Remain Under Military Control?

  • 25 October
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Internet Shutdown
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