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LBCI
29-05-2025
- Business
- LBCI
Cabinet appoints key figures to CDR and Ogero leadership
The Lebanese Cabinet has approved a series of new appointments to the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) and the state-run telecommunications provider Ogero. Ghassan Khairallah was named Secretary-General of the CDR, while Youssef Karam and Ibrahim Chahrour were appointed as Vice Presidents. Ziad Nasr was designated as the Government Commissioner to the CDR. Non-resident members appointed include Houssam Itani, Georgio Kallas, and Firas Abou Diab. In a separate decision, the Cabinet appointed Judge Ahmad Oweidat as the new Director-General of Ogero.
L'Orient-Le Jour
02-05-2025
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Network coverage restored '80%' in South Lebanon
During a visit to South Lebanon on Wednesday, Telecom Minister Charles Hage told the local channel al-Jadeed that network coverage for both telephony and Internet, fixed and mobile, had been restored in 80% of areas in South Lebanon. He specified that the remaining 20% were still without coverage, due to destructions and the "continuing Israeli occupation." Hage was speaking during a tour of the region, during which he inspected Alfa, Touch, and Ogero transmission stations damaged in the recent conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. The goal was to assess repairs and maintenance work undertaken to restore phone and Internet coverage in the affected areas. On Wednesday morning, the minister visited the village of Rmeich (Bint Jbeil district), where he met with local representatives as well as the regional Ogero center. He was also scheduled to visit Sour and Nabatieh later in the day. Conflict and damage The conflict between Hezbollah and Israel began in October 2023, alongside the war between Hamas and Israel in Gaza, and intensified in Sept. 2024. A cease-fire was reached at the end of Nov. 2024, but it has been violated multiple times by Israel since. Although the Israeli army withdrew from Lebanese villages before Feb. 18, it maintains its presence at five points considered "strategic" in Lebanese territory. About a week after the ceasefire agreement, former Telecom Minister Johnny Corm visited Beirut's southern suburbs to inspect the Ogero telephone exchange, damaged by an Israeli strike in the Mrayjeh neighborhood. In an interview with Radio Sputnik and relayed in December by the National News Agency (NNA), the minister then estimated the losses suffered by the Lebanese telecom sector at between $88 and $117 million, according to a preliminary assessment.
L'Orient-Le Jour
02-05-2025
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Network coverage restored to 80% of areas in Southern Lebanon
BEIRUT — During a visit to Southern Lebanon on Wednesday, the Minister of Telecommunications, Charles al-Hajj, told local television station Al Jadeed that network coverage has returned to 80% of areas in the South. He added that the remaining 20% is still without coverage, due to the destruction and the "continued Israeli occupation." Hajj is touring several Alfa, Touch and Ogero transmission stations in South Lebanon, damaged by the recent conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. The tour aims to inspect the repair and maintenance work that has been carried out to return these stations to service and restore telephone and internet coverage in the affected areas. Hajj visited this morning the village of Rmeish (Bint Jbeil district), where he met with the village's representatives in addition to the Ogero Central in the area. The minister will be also visiting later on Wednesday Sour and Nabatieh. The conflict between Hezbollah and Israel started in Oct. 2023, in parallel with the Hamas-Israel war in Gaza, and escalated in Sept. 2024. A cease-fire agreement was reached in late Nov.2024, but it has since been violated numerous times. Although the Israeli army withdrew from Lebanese villages before Feb. 18, it is still present in five strategic points inside Lebanese territories. Around one week after the cease-fire agreement, former Telecommunications Minister, Johnny Corm, visited the southern suburbs of Beirut to inspect the Ogero telephone exchange (the office that manages fixed-line telephones and Internet in Lebanon) damaged by an Israeli strike in the Mrayjeh district. In an interview with Radio Sputnik quoted by the state-run National News Agency (NNA) back in December, the minister said that the total estimated damage to Lebanon's telecommunications sector due to the war was 'between $88 million and $117 million,' according to a preliminary estimate.
