Syrian Arab Republic
Ministry of Defense
Department of Telecommunications
No 211/C.D
Date 22/5/2011
Memorandum reviewed and Issued by the General Head of the National Security Office
The committee of planning for security of wired and wireless telecommunications and digital TV and various mail services of all levels in Syrian Arab Republic met and concluded the following:
- Internet is to be completely disconnected in Daraa, Homs and the eastern provinces starting on Wednesday at 14:00
- Upload packet size to be reduced in all other areas.
- Issuing an announcement, via Ministry of Information through local media, informing all citizens, that owners of unregistered satellite phones are obliged to submit them to the General Establishment of Telecommunications or any of its branches in Syria, within 10 days of the date of the announcement, because such phones are considered means of dealing with foreign parties that intend to damage the national security, and any phone to be found after the stated period means that the owner is an agent of a foreign enemy.
- Discussing the mobile phone coverage that comes from neighboring countries and installing the needed apparatus in certain points at the borders to conduct the reverse procedures.
- Continuing the executing the project one-antenna-per-building and speeding the Digital TV project by conducting the contracts /23, 24/y/9/2/2011.
- Broadcasting cultural and educational talk-shows in TV and radio at times helping in containing the current crisis.
For reviewing and decision making
The Committee of Security Planning
Ministry of Telecommunications
Decision of the General Head of the National Security Office