Beirut - Alfa, the mobile operator, announced new offers on the Mobile Internet Service with effect from April 3, 2009.
With this measure, the subscription fees for this service are as follows:
10 USD/month for 50 Megabytes
15 USD/month for 120 Megabytes
25 USD/month for 250 Megabytes
It is worth mentioning, that for all the above mentioned offers, the charge of 1 extra megabyte exceeding the designated limit will be charged 0.1 USD only instead of 1 USD, which means that reduction at this level was of 90 per cent!
It is easy to notice the significant reduction and the distinctiveness of the new offers provided by Alfa comparing to the previous subscription fees that were as follows:
29 USD/month for 40 Megabytes
56 USD/month for 80 Megabytes
82 USD/month for 120 Megabytes
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About Alfa
Alfa is the brand name of one of the two Lebanese mobile networks owned by the Republic of Lebanon. Alfa is managed by Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) starting February 1, 2009.
Alfa capitalizes on its expertise in the telecom field in order to deliver a global and professional solution for the GSM sector in Lebanon. Its main target is to reach one million subscribers by end of 2009.
For more information visit www.alfa.com.lb
About Orascom Telecom
Orascom Telecom is a leading international telecommunications company operating GSM networks in high growth markets in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, having a total population under license of approximately 453 million with an average mobile telephony penetration of approximately 46% as of September 30th, 2008. Orascom Telecom operates GSM networks in Algeria ("OTA"), Pakistan ("Mobilink"), Egypt ("Mobinil"), Tunisia ("Tunisiana"), Bangladesh ("banglalink"), Zimbabwe ("Telecel Zimbabwe"), and North Korea ("Koryolink"). Through its subsidiary Telecel Globe, OTH also operates in Burundi, the Central African Republic and Namibia. Orascom Telecom had over 79 million subscribers as of September 30th, 2008.
Orascom Telecom is traded on the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchange under the symbol (ORTE.CA, ORAT EY), and on the London Stock Exchange its GDR is traded under the symbol (ORTEq.L, OTLD LI). For more information visit: www.orascomtelecom.com
© Press Release 2009
