The Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission did not say what services would be blocked.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

It is not the first dispute between governments and communications firms over the control of information.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

Egypt's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tarek Kamel announced the move at the fourth Internet Governance Forum, under way in the Egyptian resort Sharm el-Sheikh.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"Now they are checked by Interpol. Before we did not have a communications system that allowed information to be exchanged rapidly around the world with all of our countries.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09