[3] Syriatel offers LTE with 150 Mb/s speeds, under the brand name Super Surf.

The Government licenses two private companies to supply mobile phone services, Syriatel and "94".

[4] On 5 June 2020, a Syrian court ordered Syriatel be placed under judicial custody.

[9] The company is owned by Rami Makhlouf, a cousin of Syrian former president Bashar al-Assad.

In 2011 the European Union imposed sanctions on Syriatel in order to intensify pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.