{"id":58814,"date":"2019-11-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/58814\/alfa-and-touch-prepaid-cards-to-be-priced-in-lebanese-pounds"},"modified":"2024-02-12T06:21:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T06:21:21","slug":"alfa-and-touch-prepaid-cards-to-be-priced-in-lebanese-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/58814\/alfa-and-touch-prepaid-cards-to-be-priced-in-lebanese-pounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfa And Touch Prepaid Cards To Be Priced In Lebanese Pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"In an announcement made by the chief of Mobile Phones Companies Syndicate&#8217;s Ali Ftouni, it was announced that prepaid cards (both from Alfa &#038; Touch) will be priced in Lebanese Lira within the coming days.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/58814.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  This comes after allegations of pricing manipulations in the market, with the dollar crisis being cited for the soaring cost of the cards. <br \/>  <br \/>  Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/58789\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">we had reached out<\/a> to Class and Talaco to find they were selling the one-month cards for 47,000 LL and 43,000 LL respectively. 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