Gebran Bassil
In [[Lebanon]] in April 2009, Minister of Communications [[Gebran Bassil]] unveiled a study calling for FTTH to be provided to 40,000 subscribers residing on [[Hamra Street]] and to 35,000 others residing in [[Achrafieh]], both located in [[Beirut]]. If approved by the cabinet, the system will take 10 months to complete and would make Internet access speeds of 70 Mbit/s possible.