The United Arab Emirates has decided to lift a ban from Whatsapp calls. If UAE lifts the ban from Whatsapp, it will be the first free voice calling application in the country.

The collaboration with WhatsApp has actually increased, and in many of those [projects] we saw a very good understanding [from them] of the concept we have,” “There might be a lift of that ban for [WhatsApp] voice calls… and this is going to happen soon, this is what we know and understand from the telecommunication authority here in the UAE

Dr. Mohamed Al-Kuwaiti. Executive Director, National Electronic Security Authority

Not just Whatsapp, Skype, Facetime, and Viber are also banned in UAE. But recent talks between the UAE Technology sector with Facebook can bring something positive out.

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