Almadar Mobile launches Libya’s first 5G service in Tripoli – countrywide roll out to follow soon
Jan 29 Sami Zaptia

Almadar Mobile launches Libya’s first 5G service in Tripoli – countrywide roll out to follow soon

Libya’s second largest state mobile telecoms company, Almadar Aljadid, announced last Tuesday (27 January) the launch of its 5G service, becoming the...

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Italy’s Sparkle and Libya’s Al-Bawaba for Telecoms and Informatics sign international connectivity service agreement
Mar 20 Sami Zaptia

Italy’s Sparkle and Libya’s Al-Bawaba for Telecoms and Informatics sign international connectivity service agreement

Telecom Italia Spa announced today that its operator Sparkle and Libya’s Al-Bawaba for Telecommunications and Informatics Co., an Internet service pro...

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LIPTC signs agreement with Cisco
Oct 15 Sami Zaptia

LIPTC signs agreement with Cisco

Libya’s state telecoms holding company, LIPTC, signed an agreement with the American ITC giant Cisco last Wednesday.The agreement included several poi...

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Ghariyan gets better WiMax coverage
Mar 18 Newsdesk2

Ghariyan gets better WiMax coverage

By Libya Herald staffGhariyan, 18 March 2015A Chinese company is installing 12 new communication towers in Ghariyan to provide improved WiMax coverage...

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LPTIC previews its 2014 ITC projects
Jan 31 Sami Zaptia

LPTIC previews its 2014 ITC projects

By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 30 January 2014: The Libyan Post Telecommunications Information Company (LPTIC) the holding company  that controls all of L...

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Aug 21 Michel Cousins

Alcatel win contract to upgrade phone network

Tripoli, 21 August 2013:Hatif Libya (“Libya Telecom”) has signed a contract with a French telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent to extend and upgr...

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Jun 6 Sami Zaptia

Most of state telecoms companies making a loss - Ministry of Telecommunications

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 6 June 2013:Speaking at the third day of MEED’s “Libya Projects 2013” conference in Tripoli yesterday, Assistant Deputy Minist...

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Libya participates in Arabsat’s General Assembly Meeting
Apr 18 Nihal Zaroug

Libya participates in Arabsat’s General Assembly Meeting

By Nihal Zaroug. Tripoli, 18 April 2013:The 36th Arab Satellite Communications Organization’s (Arabsat) Board of Directors and General Assembly Meetin...

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Taqnya: everybody was talking fibre optics and LTE
Jan 25 thomwestcott

Taqnya: everybody was talking fibre optics and LTE

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 25 January 2013:Taqnya, Libya’s seventh annual Telecommunication and Information Technology Exhibition, ran from the 21-24 Ja...

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Country-wide WiMax internet by August?
Jan 21 thomwestcott

Country-wide WiMax internet by August?

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 21 January:There could be WiMax coverage across the whole country by August this year, according to ZTE, who are working on t...

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