(I'm sure i'll regret this, but...) On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 1:48 PM Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke@gmail.com> wrote:
It should be noted that Telenor has been one of the nationwide license holders for 3GPP cellular bands in Pakistan for a long time, and has encountered the same issues with regional network shutdowns, and government orders to block certain netblocks or services.
Not to the same extent as what's going on right now in Myanmar, but absolutely it meets the definition of what a (western European, North American) person would consider to be unconscionable and unwarranted government Internet censorship and interference with telecoms.
So, what would be the correct set of actions here (for a company)?
it sounds like some version of the proposal is: "Pull up stakes, stop offering services in places that may/do impose 'draconian' methods of 'censorship'" (note intentionally quoted draconian/censorship - I don't mean/want to put a value on those words) or perhaps: "Lobby the gov't(s) in these situations to NOT do the things they keep doing" or finally: "refuse to comply with requests/orders from govt(s) to do these things" I think the last is 'impractical', I expect the 1st is also a tough pill to swallow for a large multinational telcom... the middle may already be being done, but is unlikely to help. So, aside from: <waggy finger>you ought not do that!</waggy finger> from the sidelines... what should a responsible Corpo do?