Three-Month Deadline to End Illegal Internet Chaos in Lebanon

Prosecutor General at the Court of Cassation, Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj, issued a judicial commission to the Ministry of Communications - Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), stating that "given the proliferation and spread of illegal internet, which results in the waste of public funds and deprives the state treasury of financial revenues, and given that this activity is practiced by companies and individuals illegally by encroaching on the legitimate network, and based on Decision No. 2026/4 dated 5/2/2026 issued by the TRA, particularly regarding the regulation of illegal internet networks and the migration of their subscribers to legitimate networks, while maintaining service continuity without additional burdens on subscribers, we decide:

To task the TRA, as the body supervising this sector with its specialized technical experts, to take all necessary measures and procedures to implement the process of migrating subscribers from illegal networks to legitimate networks, within the scope of the following Ogero exchanges:

Ashrafieh, Badaro, Adlieh, Hamra, Port el-Hosn,

Ras Beirut, Baabda, Hazmieh, Tripoli, El Mina

Bahsas, within a maximum period of three months from the date of this commission, ensuring that the migration process guarantees service continuity for subscribers without interruption, in accordance with approved technical, administrative, and legal standards.

The aforementioned Authority must coordinate with all relevant parties and specialized security agencies to secure the necessary support from those security agencies during the execution of the mission assigned to the Authority.

The Authority shall enlist the assistance of security agencies to accompany it in implementing the required procedures and taking the necessary measures and organizing the required judicial reports,

All of this is for the purpose of migrating users of illegal networks to legitimate networks within the scope of the ten mentioned exchanges,

And in this regard, the Lebanese Army Command, the Internal Security Forces General Directorate, the General Directorate of General Security, and the General Directorate of State Security have been tasked with supporting and accompanying the TRA in executing the mission subject to this commission.

The TRA must prepare periodic reports to be submitted alongside the Public Prosecution Office

Including the measures taken, the number of subscribers migrated to legitimate networks, warnings issued to violators refusing compliance, deadlines granted to them, and ensuring that these violations are suppressed so that internet services are transferred to the legitimate network with the support of the aforementioned security forces."