Touch-Mobile

Lebanon ★★★ Verified Customer: 111

touch (formerly MTC) is Lebanon's largest mobile operator with around two-thirds market share, state-owned under the Ministry of Telecommunications and managed by Kuwait's Zain Group, with carrier code 415-03. It offers 2G (900MHz), 3G (2100MHz), and 4G LTE (1800MHz) services, with 4G/LTE coverage reaching 85% of the population by 2017 and leading nationwide 2G/3G coverage. The default prepaid plan is 'magic', alongside Start/Smart/Super tiers, switchable freely via SMS to 1144. Billing is in US dollars (USD). The Visitor plan offers tourists $39 for 14 days including 10GB data, 200 minutes, and 200 SMS. USSD is mainly used for recharge (*200*14-digit-code#), third-party recharge (*300*number*code#), balance enquiries (*220#), and emergency airtime (*250#). SMS shortcode 1199 handles credit transfers and 1166 is used for postpaid-to-prepaid recharges.