Samsung Electronics Levant, the world leader in consumer electronics and digital technology, and Cherfane Tawil and Co. (CTC) Samsung's official distributor in Lebanon, launched Samsung's latest flagship mobile the Galaxy S4 in the Lebanese market during a press conference held at the Four Seasons Hotel Beirut followed by an exciting event held at Zaitunay Bay.

Alfa unrolled the country’s first commercial 4G data service in certain areas of Beirut Wednesday and Lebanon’s second mobile operator, touch, is set to follow suit next week.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Telecommunications (MoT) has confirmed that it suspended a voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) licence which it awarded to Safico last month, although it denied accusations from parliamentary critics that it awarded the permit ‘illegally’, Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star reports.

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The President of the Republic H.E Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit today welcomed into his office at the State House in Juba the leader of South Sudan Liberation Movement and Army (SSLM/A), Mr. Bapiny Monytuil and his deputies Mr. Karlo Kuol and Mr. Tut Gatluak.

The UAE telecom regulator has denied saying that those using Skype phone service could be fined up to AED1 million, UAE daily The National reported on Monday. The claim was made on Sunday in a Dubai-based Arabic newspaper, which in addition said users could face jail for up to two years.

The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) announces that by 3 p.m. local time Saturday May 11, 2013, which is the deadline to apply for Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) licenses, five consortiums have applied for the licenses; as follows:

As we write, the Syrian people are still disconnected from the global internet at the most fundamental level, nearly all of their paths withdrawn from the global routing table. Since 18:45 UTC on May 7th, Renesys hasn't seen a flicker of activity. We haven't been able to successfully send a ping or a traceroute to any host inside Syria. Government websites, universities, domain name servers, core infrastructure routers, banks, businesses, DSL customers, smartphones: all silent.

The Ministry of Telecommunications (MoT) will launch the pilot phase of a new 'Raspberry Pi' program on May 13, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MoE). “The program aims at enhancing the digital economy through empowering the younger generation”, said Maher Husseiniye, Advisor to the Minister of Telecoms.

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