Instant messenger
services and video chat,
such as Skype, Viber
and WhatsApp, threatened
to block its use in
Saudi Arabia.
There has been no explanation
of the reasons behind the government
of Saudi Arabia issued a threat
of this request.
This attitude
is likely influenced by increased
losses incurred by telecom companies
due to the presence of free communication app
that is very popular
in the country.
As quoted from
the BBC, the telecommunications
company that customers
using the application given a week to respond
to the warnings issued by the
Government of Saudi Arabia.
In the
warning, the Government of Saudi
Arabia requested that no device
that can be used to monitor application usage
activity such as this.
A blogger from
Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Omran,
said the possibility of a number of telecom companies will be tempted to
approve the request from the regulator though
it will disappoint
their customers.
One observer wrote
more about this
article in the Arab
News even had
further alleged that
mention actual demand
restrictions and supervision
is coming from
telecom companies to oppose the presence of
free communication application.
Steps taken at
this time similar to the effort several
years ago to
stop a similar message service.
This rule has
been criticized from a number of
foreign workers in the country who said that communication with this
application is to help them avoid
costly fees.
While the citizens
of Saudi Arabia himself said
would feel uncomfortable if their communications by using applications such
as Skype supervised.
Sources :
http://tekno.kompas.com/read/2013/03/26/14432337/arab.saudi.ancam.blokir.skype.dan.whatsapp
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