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Du and Etisalat agree to ban list of websites for Blackberry users


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December 27, 2009

The UAE’s telecommunications companies, du and Etisalat, have agreed on a list of websites…

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The UAE’s telecommunications companies, du and Etisalat, have agreed on a list of websites to ban for all Blackberry users in the UAE, local Arabic daily Emarat Al Youm reported on Sunday. The list is in line with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s (TRA) guidelines, the newspaper said.

The list includes websites for gambling, pornography, illicit drugs, terrorist-related sites and voice over internet protocol (VoIP) enabling portals.

The ban will come into effect shortly, the paper said.

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  1. Incubus on 2009-12-28 13:57:27
    quote up Ban ban ban...That's the only service they exce lat...Considering what they earn from their forced customers they could show some mercy, and stop treating everyone like a teenager... quote up
 

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