This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011 [1].
Twitter users in Syria are reporting that mobile internet telecommunications have been disrupted today, as protests continued across the country.
Furious Syrian reports [2]:
Mobile internet and 3G net coverage is down in #Syria. The two and only cellular operators are owned by Assad's cousin Rami Makhlouf
Human rights activist Wissam Tarif notes [3]:
Al-Assad Regime switches off communication in #Homs #Zabadani #Madaya Also in neighborhoods in #Hama #Eastern Gotta #Damascus Suburbs
And Razaniat adds [4]:
3G USB modems cut off in Damascus, Aleppo and Banyas. #Syria #fb
Anonymous Syria confirms [5]:
@Razaniyat A friend in #Aleppo has 3G modem, he has told me that both MTN & Syriatel don't work for him. #Syria
There are also reports that some landlines have been cut in some areas. Malath Aumran tweets [6]:
Cutting the landline-phones and electricity in #Banyas, #syria
This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011 [1].