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Video: Lebanon launches “2020” telecom plan

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jul 2, 2015
  • 2 comments
Last night, hundreds of invited guests were seated in a lavish chandelier hall at the prime minister’s offices…
IInternet
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  • 4 minute read

Fiber on the way?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 12, 2015
  • 6 comments
Late last year I noticed a couple of technicians from Ogero– the state agency that runs the country’s…
IInternet
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  • 1 minute read

Facebook 1995

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jun 16, 2014
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Of course there was no Facebook in 1995, but if there was, this is what it might have…
IInternet
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Get in touch with your MPs now

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 31, 2014
  • One comment
Screen Shot of Nouweb site One of the best ways to hold government accountable is to get in…
IInternet
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  • 3 minute read

Unlimited internet in Lebanon, could it be true?

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 21, 2014
  • 3 comments
Source: Social Media Exchange The chart above is a supposed leaked copy of the new internet rates passed…
IInternet
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Jordan’s internet up to 250 times faster than Lebanon

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jan 23, 2014
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I’m in Jordan this week for the action-packed annual Arab bloggers conference organized by Global Voices Online. Needless…
IInternet
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Technology in the camp

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 17, 2013
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On my recent trip to a Syrian refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley, I was struck by a…
IInternet
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Most Lebanese MPs don’t have email

  • byHabib Battah
  • Oct 19, 2013
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Only 42 members of parliament have emails, according to the directory of Lebanese Parliament which is distributed to…
IInternet
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Dumbing down our internet usage

  • byHabib Battah
  • Oct 1, 2013
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Lebanese telecom companies like Alfa are so excited about their new 100 megabyte package, a pathetically tiny amount…
IInternet
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For the record…

  • byHabib Battah
  • Sep 11, 2013
  • 3 comments
Congratulations! Lebanon recorded the slowest upload speed in the world today: At least according to my speed test.…
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