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Touch (Lebanon)
touch (formerly known as mtc touch) is a Lebanon, Lebanese telecom company and one of the two mobile telephony and Mobile broadband, data operators in Lebanon, alongside its rival Alfa (Lebanon), Alfa. It is owned by the Lebanese government, and was until May 2020 operated by the Zain Group. History touch was established in June 2004 by Zain, and contracted by the government to manage one of the country’s two existing mobile telecommunications networks. The operation was originally known as 'mtc touch', and was rebranded in June 2012 as 'touch'. In November 2012, touch launched 3G/HSPA+ service in the country, adding 4G LTE mobile broadband services in some areas from May 2013. As of 2019, touch operated some two million mobile lines in Lebanon, with 53% share of the market. The duopoly market situation of touch and Alfa has been criticised for high cost of services, with the average Lebanese household spending 5% of their income on mobile services, compared with eg. 1.4% in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telecommunications
Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that feasible with the human voice, but with a similar scale of expediency; thus, slow systems (such as postal mail) are excluded from the field. The transmission media in telecommunication have evolved through numerous stages of technology, from beacons and other visual signals (such as smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs), to electrical cable and electromagnetic radiation, including light. Such transmission paths are often divided into communication channels, which afford the advantages of multiplexing multiple concurrent communication sessions. ''Telecommunication'' is often used in its plural form. Other examples of pre-modern long-distance communication included audio messages, such as coded drumb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
