Egypt’s near total internet and mobile phone blackout on Friday has drawn international condemnation, putting pressure on the European operators whose local business units were forced to comply with the government’s orders. Overnight on Friday, Egyptian authorities told telecommunications companies to cut off broadband and mobile networks...Young people had been using mobile phones and social networking sites such as Twitter, which had faced restrictions earlier in the week, to mobilise support and organise their protests...Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary-general, said in Davos: “I believe that one of the ground principles of democracy should be to protect the freedom of speech of the people.” [also refers to France Telecom, Google, Mobinil, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone]