Egypt 'hijacked Vodafone network'
Mobile phone firm Vodafone accuses the Egyptian authorities of using its network to send pro-government text messages. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12357694 Andrew
On Feb 3, 2011, at 9:24 AM, andrew.wallace wrote:
Mobile phone firm Vodafone accuses the Egyptian authorities of using its network to send pro-government text messages.
Here is their PR http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/press.html Note that this is entirely legal, under "the emergency powers provisions of the Telecoms Act" Regards Marshall
Andrew
On 02/03/2011 10:14 EST, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
On Feb 3, 2011, at 9:24 AM, andrew.wallace wrote:
Mobile phone firm Vodafone accuses the Egyptian authorities of using its network to send pro-government text messages.
Here is their PR
http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/press.html
Note that this is entirely legal, under "the emergency powers provisions of the Telecoms Act"
Which is legal, Vodafone's protest or the government's telling them to send messages? afaik the agreement was that the operator would have preloaded canned messages, agreed on in advance with the government, and now the government is telling them to send out arbitrary messages they compose on the spot.
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