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Alfa (Arabic: ألفا), or Alfa Telecommunications, is a state-owned [1] Lebanese telecom company, founded in 1994, [2] and the only operating GSM networks in Lebanon other than Touch. Previously managed by Orascom TMT , its management had been transferred to the Telecommunications Ministry in 2020.
Marwan Hayek is the former chief executive officer of Alfa Telecom in Lebanon. [1] Born 7 September 1969, Hayek is a telecoms executive and digital economy specialist who was part of the team that built the first GSM network in Lebanon. [2] Marwan has over 18 years experience in the telecom sector across the MENA region.
In 2019, Touch operated some two million mobile lines in Lebanon, and had a 53% share of the market. [ 2 ] The duopoly market situation of Touch and Alfa has been criticised for high cost of services, with the average Lebanese household spending 5% of their income on mobile services, compared with 1.4% in Egypt, for example.
In April 1946, three years after Lebanon's independence, it became Radio Libanaise: Attached to the Ministry of News and Tourism, it was the country's first radio channel, later known as Radio Liban. In January 1958, it moved from the government's seat, at the Serail, to a new building in Senayeh, [ 52 ] fitted with seven state-of-the-art ...
Israel has launched a ground operation across its northern border into Lebanon targeting the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, opening a new and dangerous phase in almost a year of war.
"Netanyahu's plans to spread the war to the region will lead to a big catastrophe," he said, adding that the Western support for Israel was "pitiful". "Turkey stands with the brotherly people and ...
The paper covers politics, local and international news, finance and economics, culture, entertainment as well as sports. [7] According to the Arab Press Network, an offshoot of WAN-IFRA, it is the most widely read Francophone daily newspaper in Lebanon and is "partisan to a liberal, Christian leaning line." [8] [9]
The CBC reported that Canada is preparing contingency plans to evacuate about 20,000 Canadians from Lebanon and that allied military leaders met Tuesday to discuss options.