Lebanon insists on 3G service launch this summer

Lebanon’s interim telecom minister, Charbel Nahhas has confirmed that the country’s two mobile networks will launch their 3G services by the middle of this summer.

“No one can stop us from launching the 3G, and not even a new government, because we have already signed the contracts needed for that purpose,” Nahhas told local media.

There are concerns that legal action from an ISP, Cedarcom could delay the launch as it is claiming that the government does not have the authority to issue the 3G licences.

The company also says that the regulatory regime is blocking it from selling landline DSL based services, which it considers to be unfair competition.