Libya's LTT signs ADSL contract with Alcatel-Lucent
Monday 23 September 2013
Libyan telecommunications company LTT has signed a EUR 2.3 million contract with Alcatel-Lucent for the third stage of the development of ADSL-2 internet services in a number of locations in the country. Communications Minister Osama Siala said the project will dramatically increase the speed of internet services in Libya, the Libyan Herald reported. He said improving the telecommunications services was a national duty requiring the collective efforts of everyone at LTT.
The project will provide 120,000 lines in places currently without such internet services, such as Sousa, Juba, Jardinah, Rigdaleen, Rahibat, Timmenhent, Samnu, Zighan, Al-Mayah, Abu-Issa, Tamzin, Jebel Owainat, Traghin and other locations.
The scheme will take some nine months to complete, said chairman of LTT Abdel-Basset Senussi, but given the present security problems, fully working internet services would not necessarily be available immediately. Nonetheless, in spite of all the difficulties, the company was working hard to provide the best telecommunication services for everyone in the country, he said.