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PA, Israel sign agreement to allow 3G mobile service in Palestine
Nov. 19, 2015 1:17 P.M. (Updated: Nov. 19, 2015 5:10 P.M.)
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=768900
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israel and the Palestinian Authority on Thursday signed
an agreement to enable long-awaited 3G mobile access in the occupied
Palestinian territory.
PA Civil Affairs Minister, Hussein al-Sheikh, and Israel’s Coordinator of
Government Activities in the Territories, Yoav Mordechai, signed the
agreement together to agree on providing Palestinian telecommunications
companies with permission to enable 3G coverage, long banned by Israel.
Exact details of the agreement were not immediately clear.
COGAT announced that the “memorandum of understanding” was signed after
being cleared by the security establishment and the Israeli Ministry of
Communications.
A spokesperson told Ma’an that the PA announced that 3G technology will be
available in the occupied territory within three months….