Paris-based Eutelsat Communications has won a contract to provide satellite capacity for Rawafed Libya for Telecommunications & Technology (RLTT), a private-sector internet service provider.

Libyana, one of the two state-owned mobile network operators, has signed contracts with China's Huawei, Finland’s Nokia and Germany’s Siemens to upgrade infrastructure.

Hexabyte, a Tunis-based internet service provider, says it aims to launch services in Libya later in 2013.

Echoing interest expressed by several other major multinational telecoms firms, the Kuwaiti company says it is potentially keen on opportunities in the Libyan market.

Bangalore-based Subex has been awarded a contract to provide revenue and fraud management systems to Al Madar, one of the two state-owned mobile operators in Libya.

The telecoms ministry says that several submarine cables have been damaged in recent days, after a cut to an undersea cable in January caused severe disruption to north-east Libya.

The CEO of Abu Dhabi-based telecoms firm Etisalat has claimed that the Libyan government has 'put on hold' a plan to award a management contract in the telecoms sector.

Sana, a Tripoli-based provider of satellite internet and telecoms services, will use a satellite operated by the UK-based Avanti Communications.

The Ministry of Telecoms and Informatics has asked all companies that were awarded certain categories of license to complete and return a form.

The Ministry of Communications and Informatics says it has completed the second phase of a project to protect an undersea cable that connects east and west Libya.

The telecoms ministry says that repair work on cables between Qasr ben Ghashir and Al Aziziya has been completed, restoring phone services to several areas.

Euromena, a Paris-based consulting firm, was awarded a contract last year to advise on the restructuring of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Informatics.

ZTE, the Chinese firm contracted to upgrade Libya's wireless internet service (WiMAX), told The Libya Report that it is also bidding on several other major telecoms contracts in Libya.

Al Madar, one of the two state-owned telecoms operators, is now offering worldwide roaming services to its postpaid subscribers.

France's largest mobile telecoms firm says it is "working hard" to acquire a management contract with one of the two state-owned Libyan mobile networks.