Mobile telephone coverage for the whole of Cyprus is expected to activate soon.

Mobile telephone coverage for the whole of Cyprus is expected soon.

Last month, June 2015 President of Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce Fikri Toros said that the new system is in the last stages of preparation and will start to operate this month, July 2015.

The mobile telephony grid in the south and north of the island is being linked as part of confidence-building measures [CBM's]

Reliable mobile telecom connections between the two communities on the island remains difficult. Connections via land-line were established in 2003, but the call quality is often patchy.

Once the connection is activated, telephone calls to and from north and south cyprus will engage seamlessly without any hitch, delivering crystal clear signals between the two communities.

Credit: Famagusta Gazette