It’s become a familiar scene: mobile phones sticking in the air, held by participants in an event, recording video clips to be exchanged later by bluetooth, whether it’s a trial, strike, demonstration, or wedding.
Tag: telecommunication
Rights watchdog slams govt censorship, internet users’ privacy violation
Excerpts from a statement issued today by the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information:
The coffee shops visitors who wish to use the internet now must have a slip from the coffee shop with a pin number, he should enter it in an electronic form, as well as his name, and mobile phone number as well as his email all these information are required, in addition to other optional information such as the city and date of birth.
According to this information which should be correct, the user receives a text message on his mobile phone to verify the information, only then one can access the internet.
This measurement seems as a weird business deal between the two companies (Mobinil Mobile Service Co. and Link Telecommunication Company) owned by the Egyptian businessman Nagib Sawiris as first part and the security apparatus as the second part, both may benefit of such transaction, in which several rights of internet user are subject to violation such as secure internet browsing and protection of internet and privacy.
IT sectors continues booming
Some stats from Mubarak’s Minister of IT:
According to the Ministry’s records, the number of mobile phone subscribers reached 30.047 million at the end of 2007, up from 18.001 million at the end of 2006. Mobile penetration was at 40.6 percent of the population at year-end and is expected to exceed 50 percent at the end of this year.
Via Daily News Egypt
“In the year 2010, 50 million of Egypt’s population will be online, whether through mobile or Internet connectivity,” Kamel added.
Nice to find the regime providing us with the technology we’ll use to dig Mubarak’s grave with.