Ethiopia outlaws Skype

The telecoms law strictly prohibits VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) which includes audio and video related social media communication, and the transfer of information packages through the fast growing global cyber networks.

http://www.africareview.com/Business+++Finance/New+Ethiopian+law+criminalises+Skype/-/979184/1426020/-/ln43ps/-/index.html

Outlawing any form of communication is very bad for business and fundamentally destroys any possibilities for economic growth, which Ethiopia desperately needs.

In the last five years websites and blogs critical of the government have been frequently blocked and all Amharic language broadcasts targeting Ethiopia jammed.

http://www.africareview.com/Business+++Finance/New+Ethiopian+law+criminalises+Skype/-/979184/1426020/-/ln43ps/-/index.html

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