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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
Lara Bitar • 05 Jan 2017

Why Boycott Lebanon’s Mobile Phone Operators, Alfa and touch?

A self-described independent youth movement is waging what it is referring to as a “polite struggle” (الكفاح_المهذب#) against state corruption…

  • Alfa
  • Boycott
  • Cost Of Services
smexadmin • 23 Nov 2015

Are Alfa and Touch violating user rights by imposing the national anthem ringing tone?

Last Friday, the Lebanese population woke up to the Lebanese national anthem as the new ringing tone for both national…

  • Alfa
  • Lebanon
  • National Anthem Ringing Tone
smexadmin • 03 Sep 2015

Alfa and Touch Boost Coverage at August 29 Protest

Feature image: The night before the protest, Alfa and Touch added more coverage. After having trouble accessing mobile networks during…

  • Alfa
  • Boosting Coverage
  • Lebanon
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