Beiruting News

Alfa unrolled Wednesday the country's first 4G LTE network in certain areas of Beirut, but very few smartphones in the market will support the service and currently it only applies to data.
To access the network, however, users must have a new generation mobile broadband-enabled SIM card or a dongle, a USB flash drive router that is plugged into a laptop.
Owners of the only compatible iPhone 5 model - A1429 - will have to wait for Apple to finalize licensing agreements to get 4G in Lebanon.
Though 4G only supports data now, it will allow SMS and incoming and outgoing calls on eligible devices by the end of June and voice over internet calls beginning in 2014.