In his Richka cell phone store in Beirut’s Geitawi neighbourhood, Radji Kamal, a 36-year-old phone salesman, answers his worried customers one by one about the telecom price hike in Lebanon. “If a part of the population will still be able to afford the new price hike, another part will not be able to access telecom services,” Radji tells The New Arab. “People will have to rely on financial funds from their families living abroad to be able to afford a telecom or internet subscription.” In a press conference, former telecommunications minister Johnny Corm announced an increase in the price of t…