By Rana Muhammad Taha Calls for boycotting Egypt’s mobile service providers for five hours on Thursday in protest over the services’ “poor quality” are gaining momentum. Yet, it remains to be seen whether the calls would effectively be answered. Internet Revolution Egypt, a two-year old virtual movement against internet service providers, has launched the calls for the boycott through a Facebook event. The virtual movement is calling for a boycott from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. The group said in its invitation that the boycott aims to see mobile service providers “lose money”, in protest over their “poor quality” and high prices. “How long will we stand silent against the greed and abuse of internet and mobile service providers?” the invitation read. The creators of the event could not be immediately reached for comment. At the time of writing, more than 84 thousand Facebook users said they are attending the event. However, the number has no significance whatsoever according to Hossam Saleh, business consultant and technology and internet expert. Saleh, who believes the boycott will not be effective, criticised the calls, stressing that filing complaints to the state regulating authority…
Calls to Boycott Egypt’s Communication Services Over High Prices and Poor Quality
June 25, 2015
