According to an unnamed source from the telecommunications operator Saudi Telecommunications Co. (STC) National Commission for Communications and Information Technology gave an IM service providers deadline until Saturday to respond or they block them completely.

On the other hand, an unnamed source from the ICT sector claims to actually behind this fuss are all telecom operators like STC, a then Mobily and Zain, which under the guise of the need for censorship wants to get rid of competition. Specifically, SMS and MMS are much less attractive to customers due to the aforementioned services, and telecom operators see this as if these services are stealing money out of their pockets.

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