Syria: Campaign to boycott telecom companies and demand lower rates begins · Global Voices
Anas Qtiesh

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In a extremely connected world, Syria is still lagging behind; The Internet was introduced to the public close to the year 2000 and currently the penetration rate stands at about 17%. The vast majority of users, however, still endure the screeches of a dial-up modem due to the country's weak broadband infrastructure. Cellular networks were licensed to operate in Syria in 2001 and ever since day one, the media echoed the customers’ discontent with service rates. The state of the struggling Syrian telecoms sector is largely attributed to the US embargo on the country and corruption within the Syrian telecom bodies.
Syrian bloggers decided they have had enough with the current prices Syrian mobile carriers – Syriatel and MTN Syria) – and the services they offer. The reaction came in the form of a campaign to boycott of mobile carriers on June 1st which was picked up [ar] by the local media.
The campaigners sent out the following message:
Anarchist Queer weighed in saying [ar]:
And on Twitter Salamm said[ar]:
"I Like this Mobile Boycott campaign, and I'm spreading it around (offline) it would've been better if it were for more than one day."
Finally, Somar from Syria Talk said in a reply to a comment: