{"id":2597,"date":"2008-05-08T10:41:33","date_gmt":"2008-05-08T10:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2008-05-08T10:41:33","modified_gmt":"2008-05-08T10:41:33","slug":"2008-5-8-egypt-cuts-off-unregisted-mobiles-egypt-asks-mobile-firms-to-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2597","title":{"rendered":"Egypt cuts off unregisted mobiles\n Egypt asks mobile firms to bar anonymous users\n| Technology\n| Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Egypt is now moving in the direction of much more repressive regimes, wanting to control all communications:<\/p>\n

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has asked mobile phone companies to block service to anonymous subscribers as a public security measure, and at least two firms have begun efforts to comply, Egyptian officials and mobile firms said on Monday.<\/p>\n

The move comes as Egypt tries to combat a wave of public discontent over rising prices and low wages that have sparked a series of labor and anti-government strikes, organized largely by mobile phone and over the Internet.<\/p>\n

The move is expected to affect several hundred thousand customers who did not register their names and addresses when they acquired phone lines — still a small portion of overall subscribers in the most populous Arab country.<\/p>\n

“Everyone who uses the telephone must be known,” Trade Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid told a news conference, adding that the move was needed for “public security.”<\/p>\n

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Egypt is now moving in the direction of much more repressive regimes, wanting to control all communications:<\/p>\n

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has asked mobile phone companies to block service to anonymous subscribers as a public security measure, and at least two firms have begun efforts to comply, Egyptian officials and mobile firms said on Monday.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe move comes as Egypt tries to combat a wave of public discontent over rising prices and low wages that have sparked a series of labor and anti-government strikes, organized largely by mobile phone and over the Internet.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe move is expected to affect several hundred thousand customers who did not register their names and addresses when they acquired phone lines — still a small portion of overall subscribers in the most populous Arab country.\n<\/p>\n

\n“Everyone who uses the telephone must be known,” Trade Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid told a news conference, adding that the move was needed for “public security.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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