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“Take mobile application development - the new technologies open the door for new kinds of applications to be developed. Palestinian-American businessman Sam Bahour, a founding member of Paltel, the national telecommunications provider, said Palestinian businesses need access to faster networks to thrive. The lack of access to faster cellular service speeds poses a serious hurdle to Palestinian economic development, according to observers. Israel is already implementing super-fast 5G networks across the country - with speeds at least 10 times that of its predecessor.Ī Palestinian policeman stands next to a poster informing US President Barack Obama, “We have no 3G in Palestine,” in the West Bank city of Ramallah in 2013 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90) “In any case, after we finish the technical discussions and receive the frequencies for 4G, our companies need six months to a year to import the equipment from abroad and to launch and operate the 4G system,” the official added.Įven the long-awaited introduction of a faster 4G network would leave Palestinian carriers one step behind their Israeli counterparts. A previous Israeli proposal, in 2019, was rejected by the Palestinians because it provided only a tiny number of frequencies for Palestinian cell companies, they added.Īccording to the official, the Palestinian Authority has asked Israel to rely on an independent study of the 4G issue commissioned by the Office of the Quartet, an international body that supports Palestinian economic development. The official said that the Israelis had yet to make a concrete offer of how much bandwidth would be made available to the Palestinians. “We have asked the Israelis to hold immediate meetings in the interim, because that date is a long way away,” said the official. But a Palestinian official said that the Israelis had informed them that joint technical discussions would not begin until April.