Libya Telecom & Technology
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| Public | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Tripoli, Libya |
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Key people
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Ahmed A. Al-Mosbahi (2004-2011) Saad Ksheer (March 2012-present) |
| Products |
Telephone Internet Access Mobile Telephony |
| Parent | GPTC of Libya (public) |
| Website | ltt |
Ahmed A. Al-Mosbahi (2004-2011)
Libya Telecom & Technology (LTT) (Arabic: ليبيا للاتصالات والتقنية) was established in 1997 as a private company by Ahmed A. Al-Mosbahi. LTT remains a state owned monopoly which continues to dominate the Libyan ISP sector. LTT is Libya's most-used service provider, and much of the country's 5.6% (380,000 user) Internet penetration is attributable to its DSL and WiMAX services. Ahmed A. Al-Mosbahi was the Chairman of LTT and all telecom companies in Libya.
After the Libyan Civil War and the subsequent collapse of the Gaddafi regime, LTT is trying to revamp its network and services. However, due to internal conflict and rising strain on services, many popular provisions have been plagued by network congestion and poor reception.
In March 2012, Saad Ksheer was appointed CEO of the company, following his previous posts with Microsoft and NCR in the USA and UAE. Later Saad was sacked and replaced.
If a consumer poll were to be released on how well LTT supplies its networking service, it would ( speculatively ) receive one of the worlds lowest internet providers ranking with much needed room for improvement. LTT has informed its consumers that the slow speeds are due to poor reception, however this does not appear to be the case, as it seems that speeds are either capped or the network is simply not working to its full potential as advertised and sold.
Libya is in dire need of up to standard 'Internationally accepted' Internet networking service speeds ( 2015 ), all of which are yet to be supplied by companies interested in investing in the young and extremely potential market with little competition in Libya.
As of September 2013, Libya Telecom and Technology has implemented a Filter system designed to omit pornographic media from viewing to the public. The move to omit pornographic material was reportedly started by the Local Islamic Judicial Court of Tripoli archived under article 421 of criminal Penalties. This move comes with the 2013 implementation of Islamic sharia law post 17 February revolution. While it is true that pornographic material is being omitted by LTT's local filtering system, it has been found that non pornographic media has also been affected raising controversy on the move due to Libya's politically unstable environment .
LTT has recently 'seemingly' implemented forced restriction on YouTube videos, blocking viewers from seeing videos flagged by the community as inappropriate. LTT is also blocking users from accessing any major proxy sites. While under the guise to protect users from 'inappropriate' content, it appears political websites and anything deemed unfavorable to whomever's agenda is at LTT are also being blocked. These blocks are more questionable and controversial than they are useful and protective.
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