Alfa to improve GSM service in Beirut

Lebanese mobile operator Alfa is to enhance its services for the Beirut area with an overhaul of its network infrastructure.

Alfa will replace its existing base stations with new technology, to improve coverage and capacity for the city.

The contract to update the network has been awarded to Nokia Seimens Networks, with work due for completion by the middle of this year.

The new base stations will also reduce power consumption, and will also enable 3G services with a minor upgrade.

Ineke Botter, managing director and CEO of Alfa, commented: "It is our aim to provide our subscribers in Greater Beirut with the latest technology and better network coverage and we are convinced that, with the new Nokia Siemens technology, Alfa will be in the position to develop novel data services for its subscribers."

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Posted by Ali Abi Raad on Monday 18 February 2008 at 17:51 UAE time


"The new base stations will enable 3G services with a minor upgrade"!!
3.5 G has been around for many years and Lebanese are installing equipment that needs minor upgrade to enable 3G.
What kind of retarted country we live in

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