Touch and Alfa Open Up Data Roaming on 110 Sites to Close Coverage Gaps

Touch and Alfa , Lebanon's two mobile operators, have activated national data roaming across 110 sites, letting subscribers switch automatically between the two networks for mobile internet wherever their home tower is down or missing. The activation covers 34 Alfa sites and 76 Touch sites, and was rolled out in areas where voice roaming between the two networks was already in place. Users moving through these zones will not need to change SIM cards or settings. The handover happens on the device. Where the 110 Sites Sit The service targets parts of Lebanon that lost or degraded coverage after the 2024 war, along with remote stretches of the North and several vital roads. Touch said the deployment is ongoing, with more sites reported to be coming online through April 2026. Neither operator has published the full site list. Telecom Minister Charles Hajj has described the move as a first response to restore basic connectivity while longer-term fiber and 5G plans advance. The Minister's Wider Push Hajj has made coverage quality the headline issue of his tenure, pairing the roaming activation with a three-year 5G rollout plan and a fiber expansion program. He has been publicly blunt about the damage Lebanon's network took during and after the war. The data roaming move is the first visible interoperability step between Touch and Alfa, which operate as separate networks under ministry oversight. What Changes for Subscribers For users on either network, the practical change is that a weak signal or a dead tower no longer means no mobile internet, as long as the other operator has coverage at one of the 110 interoperable sites. Voice roaming between the two networks was already active in the same zones, so the new step is purely on the data side. Touch announced the activation through its press room on February 6, 2026. The 110 count reflects the service as of the early February launch, with additional sites reported to be in the pipeline through April.