Jawwal

Palestinian communications company

Palestine Cellular Communications Company (Jawwal)
شركة الاتصالات الخلوية الفلسطينية (جوال)

Company type	Public Shareholding Co. Ltd
Industry	Telecommunications
Headquarters	Ramallah , Palestine
Area served	Palestine
Products	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, SMS, MMS, ISP, UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+
Number of employees	250
Parent	Paltel
Website	www.jawwal.ps

Palestine Cellular Communications Company (Arabic: شركة الاتصالات الخلوية الفلسطينية), trading as Jawwal (Arabic: جوال), is a Palestinian communications company providing cellular and wireless communications. Jawwal operates in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as part of Paltel Group.^[1]^[2]

History

Jawwal was established in 1999 and obtained the first mobile license in the Palestinian territories, operating with GSM communications.^[3] The service first launched in Gaza on August 15, 1999 and then to the West Bank on October 2 the same year.^[4]

Network

Jawwal has struggled with the limited frequency allocated to Jawwal by the Israeli authorities. Jawwal started offering 3G services commercially on 23 January 2018.^[5] 4G LTE services are unavailable.^[6]

Frequencies used on the Jawwal network
Frequency	Band number	Protocol	Class	Notes
900 MHz	8	GSM/GPRS/EDGE	2G
2100 MHz	1	UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+	3G	^[7]

References

^ "Palestine Cellular Communications "Jawwal", PITA". Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
^ Palestine Cellular Communications company', Jawwal, PG
^ "Partner Begins Providing GSM Roaming Services to Paltel - Globes". en.globes.co.il (in Hebrew). 2000-02-02. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
^ "GSM in Palestine".
^ "Palestinians get 3G mobile services in West Bank". Reuters. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
^ Jawwal - story
^ "Jawwal". HB Radiofrequency.