Ogero (or OGERO), which stands for "Organisme de Gestion et d'Exploitation de l'ex Radio Orient" (in French) is the fixed infrastructure operator in Lebanon, delivering voice and

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and data services to residential and Enterprises. It was founded by the Lebanese state in 1972. The company's head office is located in Beirut. The current Chairman is Imad Kreidieh. The

I-ME-WE I-ME-WE (India-Middle East-Western Europe) is a submarine communications cable system between India and France. The design capacity is 3.84 Terabits per second. It has been operational since 2009 with Tripoli, Lebanon being connected in November ...

(India-Middle East-Western Europe) submarine communications cable system was funded by a consortium of 9 companies from across the world including Ogero. The I-ME-WE cable system comprises three optical fiber cable pairs and 2 trunk lines. It has been operational since 2009 with

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being connected in November 2011. In July 2018, Ogero enabled

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(IPv6) support for DSL users and for private operators. On 5 November 2019, during the 2019–20 Lebanese protests, protesters in

Nabatieh Nabatieh ( ar, النبطية, links=no, ', ), or Nabatîyé (), is the city of the Nabatieh Governorate, in southern Lebanon. The population is not accurately known as no census has been taken in Lebanon since the 1930s; estimates range from ...

, shut down Ogero office despite state-exerted political pressure towards the protesters in this region. On 12 March 2020, the government announced that internet service through Ogero would be boosted through the end of April, to encourage users to stay home to protect themselves from the

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Speed

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speed provided by Ogero in Lebanon is ranked 169 out of 177 countries for internet broadband speeds according t
Speedtest.net
The average debit is 6.67 Mbps down and 5.61 Mbps up.

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