Wireless carrier support and features for iPhone in the Middle East

Choose your region to learn about the wireless carriers in your country.

Armenia

   

Orange1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • Personal Hotspot3

   

Bahrain

   

Batelco1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3
  • Unlocking3

   

Viva1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3  
      

  

Zain1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3
  • Unlocking3

   

Iraq

   

Asiacell1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • Personal Hotspot3
  • Visual Voicemail

   

Zain1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • Personal Hotspot3

   

Israel

   

Cellcom1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • Personal Hotspot3
  • Unlocking3

    

Pelephone1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • Personal Hotspot3
  • Unlocking3

    

HOT mobile1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • Personal Hotspot3
  • Unlocking3

    

Partner1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • Personal Hotspot3
  • Unlocking3
  • Visual Voicemail

   

Jordan

  

Orange1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • Personal Hotspot3
         

   

Umniah

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • LTE

Zain1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3
  • Unlocking3

   

Kuwait

   

Viva1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3
  • VoLTE5

 

Ooredoo1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3

   

Zain1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3
  • Visual Voicemail
  • VoLTE5

   

Lebanon

   

Alfa1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3

   

Zain1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3

   

Oman

   

Omantel1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3

   

Ooredoo1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3

   

Palestine

   

Wataniya

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • Personal Hotspot3

   

Jawwal

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • Personal Hotspot3

Qatar

   

Vodafone1,4

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3
       

   

Ooredoo1

  • FaceTime over Cellular2
  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3

   

Saudi Arabia

   

Mobily1

  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3

   

STC1

  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3
  • VoLTE5

   

Zain1

  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3
  • VoLTE5
  • Wi-Fi Calling

   

FaceTime isn't available in this country.

United Arab Emirates

   

Etisalat1

  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3

   

du1

  • LTE
  • Personal Hotspot3

   

FaceTime isn't available in this country.

  1. The carrier, not Apple, provides technical support for iPhone in this region.
  2. You need iOS 6 or later to use FaceTime over Cellular. You might notice decreased performance on some carriers while using FaceTime over Cellular on 2G networks.
  3. Might include an additional fee or requirement. Contact the carrier for more information.
  4. Carrier doesn't support MMS.
  5. VoLTE is available only on iPhone 6 or later.


FaceTime may be unavailable if your device originates from this region and becomes unlocked or is used in another country.

FaceTime isn't available in all countries or regions.

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