حرب يعلن عن خفض كلفة الاتصالات الثابتة والخليوية بنسبة تصل للـ50%
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أعلن وزير الاتصالات بطرس حرب عن خفض كلفة الاتصالات الثابتة والخليوية لجميع اللبنانيين اعتباراً من يوم غد الثلاثاء الاول من نيسان 2014.
وفي مؤتمر صحافي عقده حرب في مكتبه في الحازمية، ظهر الاثنين، أعلن عن قرار خفض أسعار المكالمات الأرضية والدولية بنسبة تتراوح بين 30 و50 بالمئة، مضيفاً أن سريان مفعول القرار يبدأ من يوم غد الثلاثاء.
وأضاف انه أصدر بتاريخ 27 آذار 2014 قرارين ينصان على خفض رسوم خدمات هاتفية أساسية "لم يتم تعديلها منذ أكثر من ست سنوات، على الرغم من أن كلفة هذه الخدمات قد انخفضت خلال هذه الفترة، وعلى الرغم من أن كلفة الهاتف في لبنان أصبحت مرتفعة جدا مقارنة مع الأسعار العالمية للاتصالات الهاتفية".
ووفق القرار فإنه جرى "خفض رسوم المكالمات الهاتفية عبر البطاقات المسبقة الدفع "تلكارت " و "كلام" بنسبة تتراوح بين 50 % على المكالمات المجراة على الشبكة الثابتة و 30% على المكالمات المجراة على الشبكة الخليوية، بحيث أصبح سعر الدقيقة الواحدة على الشبكة الثابتة 50 ليرة لبنانية بدلا من 100 ليرة، وسعر الدقيقة الواحدة عبر الشبكة الخليوية 200 ليرة لبنانية بدلا من 300 ليرة".
وأضاف انه تم خفض "رسوم المكالمات الهاتفية الدولية على الشبكتين الثابتة والخليوية بنسبة 50 بالمئة على أكثر دول العالم، بحيث أصبح سعر الدقيقة الصادرة من لبنان إلى الخارج بقيمة 300 ليرة لبنانية بين الساعة السابعة صباحا والساعة العاشرة ليلا، بدلا من 600 ليرة سابقا، و200 ليرة لبنانية بين العاشرة ليلا والسابعة صباحا بدلا من 400 ليرة".
الى ذلك، شدد حرب على "تصميم الوزارة على خفض سعر كلفة الاتصالات الخليوية"، مؤكداً أن "أجهزة الوزارة منكبة، بتكليف مني، على دراسة خفض التسعيرة الاعتباطية المقطوعة على أساس الدقيقة الكاملة بدل تجزئتها على أساس الوقت الفعلي الذي تستغرقه المخابرة".
وتابع انه مع انتهاء الدراسة سوف يعمد على "إتخاذ القرار المناسب لتوفير الكلفة على المستهلك، من دون أن يؤدي هذا الأمر إلى خسائر كبيرة في عائدات الخليوي".
ج.ش.
14:24 ,2014 آذار 31
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Best thing to happen to telecom in Lebanon since the removal of Bassil and Sehnaoui !
14:32 ,2014 آذار 31
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so spiteful. Sahnaoui was the best thing for telecom since 20 years. Harb might be better. Why turn it into a poking stick? Cause youre spiteful and hateful too. Whatever, live in your delusional reality which stitched together all the bad of one side with all the good of the other, ignoring the good and bad of both.
17:04 ,2014 آذار 31
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Sehnaoui, like his predecessor think of Telecom as the main revenue source for the state. As such, they don't understand the first thing about telecom.
Telecom is one of the main pillars of modern economies and the state's revenues should be based on taxes.
Good and cheap telecom can only drive the economy upwards increasing state revenues.
Harb understands this very well with his ambition to privatise and liberalise this market and drive prices down.
Previous ministers don't understand the first thing about this and their achievements are non-sense media attention grabbing headlines which have failed to materialise in economic growth for the country or reliable service !
17:37 ,2014 آذار 31
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Let sehanaoui and his predecessor answer about the millions of dollars missing from the telecom ministry. if you have not heard about it yet, brace yourself, you will here about it very soon :)
Harb is doing what should have been done long time back.
now comes the turn of internet access, i.e. increase bandwidth through fiber to the home and not fiber to the curve, and reduction of costs.
this will boost our economy ten folds.
19:31 ,2014 آذار 31
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@pajama.boy, can you please explain "all of our phones are now tracked when travellers arrive to Lebanon, and if they're not registered, after a few days they get blocked"? I live in the USA and I have my Alfa (Cellis) pre-paid line with me (roaming) so family can call me anytime. I have not returned to Leb since July 2011. What do you mean I have to register if I return? Please I really need to understand.
21:35 ,2014 آذار 31
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@terrorist, thank you for the explanation. I really didn't know. I also don't remember which handset I used when I was there last. All I can say is that the SIM card is in my Nokia Mini N97 now, it is on and receiving calls in the USA. If I ever return and it stops working then I will know why. Again thank you.
21:40 ,2014 آذار 31
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@FT, I thought all phones are tracked and the data stored and not viewed or shared without a warrant resulting from of an investigation. Either way...it is being done in the USA too, so whatever, let them track lil ol insignificant me from now till the cows come home.
23:17 ,2014 آذار 31
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Yaaaaa Bani Maarouf, STOP calling people by names. Sempre has a right to his views, but you ya lack of intelligence still believe that people do the things you do, post using multiple accounts. You are so typical, like like your Walid Jumblat. But I guess you are like the thief who believes that everyone is a thief.
14:25 ,2014 آذار 31
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50 percent my god! Too good to be true. Is it just a cruel joke for april 1?
Whoever decreases the cost of living has my vote. Good going ma 3alil wazir :p Maybe too optimistic to reduce by 50%? Hopefully not, lol. The lebanese public awaits april 1 impatiently.
15:17 ,2014 آذار 31
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Whose still using Phones, everything is about VOIP now, better to decrease band weight costs instead of per min cost of obsolete technologies!
16:23 ,2014 آذار 31
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FA, you do have a point there, but on a different note, the Arican countries I have visited during this trip have proven that when costs are down coupled with relaible services, most people tend to use the more conventional means of communications than the ones VOIP based ones. Fact is very few use apps such as Whatsapp, Viber or the like. Most express surprise when we Lebanese tell them that we use such, or even when we make missed calls. Though apps such as Whatsapp offer great options, but on a regular daily use, most people are happy to live without them. Just my view of a world rather unlike ours.
17:41 ,2014 آذار 31
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FA.
I have extensive experience in Telecom, and let me tell you the problem we have with bandwidth and their cost is mainly related to the fact we do not have fiber to the home.
it is only with fiber to the home that we could have bandwidth of 100MB at the price we are paying for our current connections.
the previous ministry did extremely wrong in expanding the copper network, which costs nearly the same as FTTH these days. which goes to show how stupid were the ministers and their consultants.
19:44 ,2014 آذار 31
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@geha, bringing fiber to each and every single home in Lebanon is a pricey and nonviable solution. You can bring fiber to the nearest point of presence (POP) for a cluster of buildings residential or commerical and then coaxial to the end point. If coaxial is not a standard in Lebanon, then you have no choice but to leverage existing copper. Verizon did FiOS in limited markets in the USA and while it is lighting fast it is cost prohibitive.
21:44 ,2014 آذار 31
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@Bandoul
I understand your comment based on the US where they have extremely remote locations where it is not viable to even lay down the cables :)
our problem is that the previous 2 ministers chose to extend the copper network (which costs nearly the same as fiber) to the curve where they are attached to DSLAMs and we receive our connections from the DSLAMS over copper.
distances in Lebanon are not a problem, and the infrastructure is there, thus it is just a matter of putting Fiber instead of copper, and voila.
15:26 ,2014 آذار 31
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Yes indeed. All civilized countries have liberalized telecommunication as a way to boost the economy. Bassil then Nicolas not only prevented the liberalization of telecom, but kept prices sky high and prevented the ART from doing it's job as an independent regulatory body.
16:31 ,2014 آذار 31
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GP, spot on bro, telecoms is a technology with a comparatively short shelf-life, so to extract the most out of it before the current one gets obsolete, is to cut tariffs way down. In this way it becomes a win-win situation where people will use a lot more the technology, the state gets a lot more return, and ultimately when newer techonolgies emerge, the state is better poised to introduce them and use them on a real-time basis. What the honorable minister has done just proves that when the will exists, things can be done, and yes, you're right, this will end the praise singing no matter whom it does concern.
15:54 ,2014 آذار 31
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FT : Hezbollah tried to kill him in plain site. Yet you defend and protect his assassins !
16:18 ,2014 آذار 31
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The best thing to happen in Lebanon for ages. No amoun of words can rule the absolute importance of telecommunications, the reduction in costs is absolutely worthy of praise. Not only it will greatly improve life all round, bot the state will begin to see a lot more income to its coffers than at anytime hitherto. Cheaper is always better. Good move honorable minister.
16:49 ,2014 آذار 31
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Correct Gabby. He may not be charismatic, doesn't smile much, but Harb definitely has a no-nonsense approach to work. It now shows.
18:30 ,2014 آذار 31
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A step in the right direction! It's a disgrace how much the Lebanese are forced to pay for communication services, especially taking into account the average earning power of our citizens.
Hopefully the next telecom minister (whoever it is) won't reverse this decision. 3a2bel el internet!
19:10 ,2014 آذار 31
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The Arabic press release indicates a reduction for pre-paid card costs, not post-paid landlines.
16:42 ,2014 نيسان 01
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I think that the cost of 1 min on landphone is already 50 LL and from mobile to landphone and vice versa is 200 LL. Check the back of your landphone bills and you will notice it. The true reduction touches so just the international calls.
