Firms Assess Impact of Unrest

Wall Street Journal - Dana Mattioli - 29 Jan, 2011
Multinational companies with operations in Egypt told some workers to stay home, struggled with disrupted phone service and assessed the ...

Vodafone: Egypt orders cell phone service stopped

BusinessWeek - 29 Jan, 2011
Telecoms company Vodafone says the Egyptian government has ordered all mobile telephone operators to suspend services "in selected areas" of the country. ...

Egyptian cuts most web, mobile access; Vodafone NZ caught in fray

National Business Review - 29 Jan, 2011
The Egyptian government has cut internet and mobile phone access for most of its population. In a brief statement, UK-based Vodafone, which has 28 million ...

Multinational Companies Take Steps to Protect Egypt Employees

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Dana Mattioli - 29 Jan, 2011
Multinational companies with operations in Egypt took steps to guard the safety of their employees amid the unrest. ...

Mobile operators 'instructed' to suspend Egypt services

AFP - 29 Jan, 2011
LONDON â€" All mobile operators in Egypt have been "instructed" Friday to suspend services in some areas amid widespread protests against President Hosni ...

Vodafone says Egypt ordered all cellphone operators to suspend service in some ...

The Canadian Press - 29 Jan, 2011
LONDON â€" The Egyptian government ordered all mobile telephone operators to suspend services "in selected areas" of the country, telecommunications company ...

Egypt: wires cut

Financial Times (blog) - 29 Jan, 2011
Vodafone, the British group which controls one of Egypt's three mobile operators, said on Friday that the Egyptian authorities had ordered all mobile ...

CORRECT: Vodafone: All Mobile Operators Told To Suspend Svcs In Parts Of Egypt

Wall Street Journal - 29 Jan, 2011
("Vodafone: All Mobile Operators Told To Suspend Services In Parts Of Egypt," at 1126 GMT, misstated the size of Vodafone in the fifth paragraph. ...

Phone, Internet companies urged to defy Egypt's orders

The Hill (blog) - Sara Jerome - 29 Jan, 2011
Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) urged Western communications companies to defy orders from Egypt's government to shut down ...

Amid Unrest, Internet, Mobile Phone Services Down in Egypt

Digital Media Wire - Mark Hefflinger - 29 Jan, 2011
Los Angeles - Amid street protests against President Hosni Mubarak, the government of Egypt has effectively shut off Internet access to the country's more ...

Egypt tells telcos to suspend service-Vodafone

Forex Pros - 29 Jan, 2011
LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Telecoms operator Vodafone said on Friday that Egyptian authorities had instructed all mobile operators to suspend services in ...

Vodafone Egypt remains silent as access goes down ahead of Friday protests

TechCrunch - Mike Butcher - ‎Jan 27, 2011‎
Some worrying reports are coming out Egypt right now â€" to add to all the other worrying reports I guess. ...

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BusinessWeek - Jonathan Browning, Alex Sherman - 29 Jan, 2011
Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt, following days of anti- government protests, “withdrew” from the Internet after Egyptian authorities shut connections to the ...

Egypt protests escalate in Cairo, Suez and other cities

Modern Ghana - 29 Jan, 2011
Anti-government protests are intensifying across Egypt, as police clash with demonstrators in several cities demanding the resignation of President Hosni ...

 

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