The cut of the Internet for five days by the Egyptian government should have cost Egypt $ 90 million (65 million), according to a first estimate published on Thursday 3 February by the OECD. But its impact could be even more important in the long term. "The blocked services (telecommunications and the Internet) are about 3% to 4% of gross domestic product, or a loss of $ 18 million [13 million] a day", says the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in a brief statement.
During the blockade, only the operator Noor has continued its activities, before being inaccessible Monday, January 31. If less than 10% of traffic in the country, Noor provides Internet access to institutions such as the American University in Cairo. But the operator offers its services primarily to Coca-Cola, Exxon Mobil and Lafarge, is economically and strategically.
LONGER TERM IMPLICATIONS The impact on the long term may be more important because this measure has hit high-tech companies that provide local and international services also outside of Egypt, said the organization, headquartered in Paris. "It will be much more difficult in future to attract foreign companies and to ensure that networks remain reliable," while "so far, attracting these companies was a key strategy of the government" of Egypt, also believes the OECD.
The internet access was at least partly restored Wednesday to Cairo, after more than five days of forced break introduced by the government of President Hosni Mubarak, faced with a challenge unprecedented in nearly 30 years in power . The authorities last week ordered a double lock, one of the DNS (Domain Name Server) that allows computers to navigate the Internet, and BGP (Border Gateway Protocol, which allows sites to indicate where they are located on the Network. 
During the blockade, only the operator Noor has continued its activities, before being inaccessible Monday, January 31. If less than 10% of traffic in the country, Noor provides Internet access to institutions such as the American University in Cairo. But the operator offers its services primarily to Coca-Cola, Exxon Mobil and Lafarge, is economically and strategically.
LONGER TERM IMPLICATIONS The impact on the long term may be more important because this measure has hit high-tech companies that provide local and international services also outside of Egypt, said the organization, headquartered in Paris. "It will be much more difficult in future to attract foreign companies and to ensure that networks remain reliable," while "so far, attracting these companies was a key strategy of the government" of Egypt, also believes the OECD.
The internet access was at least partly restored Wednesday to Cairo, after more than five days of forced break introduced by the government of President Hosni Mubarak, faced with a challenge unprecedented in nearly 30 years in power . The authorities last week ordered a double lock, one of the DNS (Domain Name Server) that allows computers to navigate the Internet, and BGP (Border Gateway Protocol, which allows sites to indicate where they are located on the Network.
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