3G:
The goods: Better voice call quality(catches signal faster and calls initiate faster), Video calls, MMS enabled by default, Internet access possible on any mobile/3G-enabled device, thus no more need to buy a certain phone just to chat between friends(BlackBerry in this case), can finally put your phone/device potential to use(special apps/any apps), when using internet on 3G and 3G not avaialbe in the area auto-switches to EDGE(not neccesarly all cases)

the bads: limited quota(don't expect high quotas for low prices), if you plan on using it as your sole online gaming supply expect lag spikes all the time, may not be available in all areas(but that shoudn't be a big problem considering Lebanon's size)
i have low expectations of 3G especially in its first quarter, it might get better along the way although i don't really care for 3G but i do care for the DSL
4 days later
I used to see in general my network type: EDGE; now it's GPRS
Are you sure they are improving????
just wondering, does the 3g connection affect the price and the quota of other connections like wap and gprs?
will gprs become available for prepaid lines? are the quotas going to expand a bit ? please answer if you have any idea!
khalil13 wrotejust wondering, does the 3g connection affect the price and the quota of other connections like wap and gprs?
will gprs become available for prepaid lines? are the quotas going to expand a bit ? please answer if you have any idea!
They are going through price and quota changes right now--normally, there wouldn't be a correlation between 3g and price and quota of other services, but this time expect some. They may not offer gprs or wap after the rollout is complete and make you migrate to 3g services, but you are probably going to get a better deal than you are now with a higher quota and lower prices.
5 days later
علمت صحيفة "صدى البلد" أنَّ "مرسوم خفض تعرفة الإنترنت سيقر في جلسة مجلس الوزراء المقبلة، ما سيتيح للمواطنين خفضاً في الكلفة تناهز نسبته 40 %"، مشيرةً إلى أنَّه "في موازاة ذلك تطلق وزارة الإتصالات في السوق المحلية 400 خط 3G (من الجيل الثالث) منتصف أيلول المقبل على أن توزع على مجموعة من الطلاب".
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My sister's phone is MTC and it finds a 3G Alfa connection.
I'm on Alfa and my phone finds MTC 3G connections.
AvoK95 wroteMy sister's phone is MTC and it finds a 3G Alfa connection.
I'm on Alfa and my phone finds MTC 3G connections.
Interesting.. I'm from Saida, I have Alfa and I just did a manual search on my phone.. and I found an MTC 3G network o_O but alfa still 2G :/

edit: but on my cousin's iPhone 4..she has MTC but no 3G symbol activated :/

Edit2: here's a pic(sorry for the delay.. had to ask for the USB cable before finding out that iPhone can't send pics to other devices by Blue-Tooth :/ )
it all depends on the frequencies your phone can receive, most likely alfa transmits in a certain frequency that your sister can detect but mtc transmits on a different one undetectable by her phone.
Did a manual search on my BB torch... the only 3G signal i got was from Alfa, even though im with MTC
does anybody know what the Lebanese 3G bands will be? Europe and North Africa all seems to have 2100 and since siemens is setting Lebanon up I would assume it will be the same.

If I can get definitive info I can buy a phone here in canada prior to arrival.

muchos Shokruns to all
guys i can pick up 3.5G on my mobile. I'm MTC. I set my phone to UMTS-only mode. I even tried to check my credit balance with *220# and it worked.
i did a search but i can't find that small sign to know if the network is 3G or not, but the weird thing is that i have found 3 networks :O : alfa, RL MTC Lebanon and 41505.
thanks green!

can you, anyone confirm that umts 2100 will be the standard freq for the upcoming 3g services?
Ericsson is setting up Alfa's network and I confirm it is the 2100Mhz band.