Jawwal


Palestine Cellular Communications Company, trading as Jawwal, is a Palestinian communications company providing cellular and wireless communications. Jawwal operates in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as part of Paltel Group.

History

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

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. 4G LTE and 5G services are unavailable.
FrequencyBand
number		ProtocolClassNotes
900 MHz8GSM/GPRS/EDGE2G
2100 MHz1UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+3G