Skype Journal: Skype Restored in Jordan
October 13, 2006 01:58 AMJust over a week ago Phil reported that Jordan's telecom regulator had ordered that Skype be blocked. It was a short-lived blockade; the decision has been reversed. According to a report from Middle East North Africa Financial News:
Director of the commission's regulatory department, Al Ansari Al Mashaqbah, confirmed yesterday that the recent decision to block Skype had been reversed.
The official told The Jordan Times that the security issues, cited as the reason for the block, had been resolved.
The same report mentions that David DeBartolo, a Fulbright researcher in Jordan and author of the letter in Phil's original report on this story (linked above), had received a response to his initial contact with the commission "that Skype services had been blocked for security reasons:"
"Justification that it was blocked for security reasons is unfounded and absolute nonsense," said Omar Qawas, a professional in the IT business, who has been using Skype for two years to stay in contact with friends and colleagues around the world.
Qawas told The Jordan Times that Skype was "a reliable alternative to using regular phones or mobiles, and much more cost-effective."
Can this story and the San Jose State University story, where a Skype blocking decisions was also reversed, finally put an end to concerns about Skype security?.
(Hat tip to Jeremy Hague at Skylook for bringing our attention to this story.)
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The Skype is also closed in UAE. Officially i think the explanation was that the VOIP has no regulations yet in UAE and therefore it will be closed until the regulations will be sent by government. As most of the people here in UAE are expatrians who do international calls to home then local telecom Etisalat (monopoly) is interested that the regulations will be issued as late as possible.
Posted by: Taavi at October 14, 2006 6:18 AM