by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 26, 2012 | Telecommunication
The online publishing company, MarcoPolis, interviewed Alfa CEO Marwan Hayek in June (not sure why the interview was published in late September) on the mobile industry in Lebanon. It’s quite an extensive interview but here are some of the key points that came...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 14, 2012 | Business
Less than a year since the launch of 3G networks in Lebanon, mobile telcom operator, Alfa is preparing for an upgrade: Lebanese mobile operator Alfa has selected Astellia, a provider of monitoring solutions for optimizing mobile network QoS, to deliver a...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 27, 2011 | Telecommunication
The people behind the Flip the Switch campaign on Facebook are reporting that the raved-about new Internet speeds to hit Lebanon on October 1st may not materialize: Michael Georges Ziade Sorry but I just got inside info from the government and the internet change...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 22, 2011 | Telecommunication
A build-up on Najib’s and Rami’s posts, Alfa has announced that 200 subscribers will have access to 3G as a trial run until October 20th: State-owned Lebanese mobile operator Alfa Telecom, which is managed by Egypt’s Orascom Telecom has began its pilot...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 12, 2010 | Telecommunication
Following yesterday’s debacle of two contradicting bank rankings (WEF’s Global Competitive Report naming Lebanese banks the safest while at the same time Global Finance mentioning the only safe bank in the Arab World is Kuwait’s NBK), we’ve...