After years of entering the era of third generation 3G, Lebanon is preparing to go further with the start of the initial steps towards fourth generation 4G – LTE, what would make a quantum leap in the economic model of Lebanon, as well as employment opportunities it presents.
Earlier today, Minister of Telecom Mr Nicolas Sehnaoui announced that live 4G tests will start on Novemeber 16 at Beirut Digital District, and the service will be commercially launched on April 23rd 2013 in selected areas.( You can read about Sehnaoui’s announcement on Annahar Newspaper here and watch him tonight talking about it in “Talk of The Town” on MTV Lebanon.)
Alfa Telecommunications has just posted on their official Facebook page that they’re the first to test the 4G-LTE in Lebanon, with 20 LTE sites installed in Beirut and download rates have reached 100Mbit/second so far:
It’s definitely about time we get 4G, but I admit I wasn’t expecting we will be getting the service anytime soon given how slow such projects go in Lebanon! It’s such a great news for Lebanon and the Lebanese people !
Elie Chahine 