Beirut, February 6, 2026: As part of the Minister of Telecommunications Charles Hajj plan to enhance service quality and expand mobile network coverage, touch has activated Data National Roaming with alfa. This service currently includes 110 stations, distributed between 34 alfa sites and 76 touch sites, in areas where voice roaming is already available.
The new service is automatically activated for subscribers of both networks if internet service is unavailable on one network while available on the other, at no additional cost. Subscribers must activate the data roaming feature on their mobile devices to benefit from it.
In the last three months, approximately 93,000 touch subscribers have benefited from voice roaming on alfa network, while about 58,000 alfa subscribers used the same service on touch network, which is a clear indicator about the importance of data national roaming for subscribers. The geographical distribution of local data roaming services includes the following areas:
- North Governorate: Akkar, Batroun, Koura, Miniyeh-Danniyeh, and Zgharta.
- Mount Lebanon Governorate: Aley, Baabda, Chouf, Jbeil, Keserwan, and Metn.
- Beqaa Governorate: Baalbek, Hermel, Rashaya, West Beqaa, and Zahle.
- South Governorate: Sidon, Tyre, and Jezzine.
- Nabatieh Governorate: Nabatieh, Bint Jbeil, Hasbaya, and Marjeyoun.