Palestinian Deputy Minister for Telecommunications and Technology
Suleiman al-Zahiri said he expected the new services to go into effect in
mid-2016.
Palestenians welcomed the signing of the agreement granting
Palestinian mobile phone carriers 3G high-speed data services in the West Bank.
They said that the 3G services would allow Palestinians to achieve development in the telecommunications and technological fields. The new services will also allow the Palestinians to develop various sectors such as education, tourism, health and industry, they added.
Palestinian Deputy Minister for Telecommunications and Technology Suleiman al-Zahiri said he expected the new services to go into effect in mid-2016.
He pointed out that the Palestinians have been waiting for the 3G services in their territories for the past 10 years.
Al-Zahiri said the Palestinians were expected to import the equipment needed to operate the 3G services in the coming weeks. He said the PA still hasn’t decided which company would be given a license to offer the services.
The PA official explained that Israel had refused to grant the services to the Palestinians for economic, and not security reasons. “This is an agreement in principle that paves the way for establishing networks for 3G services after 10 years of procrastination,” he added. “Today the world is headed toward introducing 5G services to mobile phones, while the Israelis have been reluctant to give us 3G.”
Mashhour Abu Dakka, the former PA Minister of Telecommunications, said that the Palestinians had no other choice but to accept the 3G services although most countries have long been using 4G.
The Chief Executive Officer of Palestine Telecommunications Company (Paltel), Ammar Aker, said that the 3G services would offer many services to mobile users in the Palestinian territories and save them much effort and time. He said that Palestinians would be able to enjoy the services of the Internet wherever they are in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
He said that the Palestinians will accept the 3G services and, at the same time, will also demand that they be granted 4G services.
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