The Egyptian government’s five-day block of Internet services cost the national economy at least US$90 million, OECD says. The Paris-based organization said telecommunications and Internet services account for between 3 percent and 4 percent of Egypt’s GDP. The Internet block was lifted on Wednesday, but it might be much longer before the true cost of the government’s action on the economy is known. By cutting telecommunications links, the government severed links between domestic and international high-tech firms and the rest of the world.”]
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