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Egypt cuts off unregisted mobiles Egypt asks mobile firms to bar anonymous users| Technology| Reuters

Egypt is now moving in the direction of much more repressive regimes, wanting to control all communications:



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.


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.


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.


"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."



[From Egypt asks mobile firms to bar anonymous users]

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ترغب جريدة النيو يورك تايمز في معرفة ارائكم حول سلسلة مقالاتها حول
الشباب المسلم في انحاء الشرق الاوسط ، كل من هذه المقالات قد تم ترجمتها
الى العربية وارسلت الى هذا الموقع لغرض النشر والمناقشة. ان المقالة
الاولى والتي تم نشرها في فبراير قد ركزت على مصر والتحديات التي يواجهها
الشباب المصري عند رغبتهم بالزواج. ولقد تم نشرها هنا لغرض البدء بهذه
السلسلة الجديدة من المقالات ، وفي الايام المقبلة سوف نقوم بنشر مقالتين
جديدتين عن الحياة اليومية للشباب السعودي من الرجال والنساء. ان سلسلة
المقالات هذه قد رتب لها ان تنشر بصورة دورية لتستمر طوال العام ونحن
نتطلع لسماع ارائكم.
http://blogs.albawaba.com/nytmiddleeast

May 9, 2008 at 3:07 PM | Unregistered Commentermichael

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