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SMEX • 06 Feb 2025

Lebanon’s telecom feud disrupts SMS verification system

“I tried downloading both WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business, but I never received the verification codes,” said Rima, who recently purchased…

  • touch
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
Bassel Amine • 11 Oct 2022

Has the internet become a luxury in Lebanon?

  • Financial crisis
  • Lebanon
  • minister of telecommunications
Abed Kataya • 23 May 2022

Disastrous ‘solutions’ to save Lebanon’s telecom sector

  • 2G
  • 3G
  • Alfa