After banning VIBER in SAUDIA ARABIA there is attention toward another messenger smartphone application. WhatsApp, which could be blocked in just a few weeks.WhatsApp is assumed toward be banned before Ramadan according toward country's Communications furthermore Information Technology Commission (CITC). Reason behind banning is that WhatsApp communications are difficult toward control.This app can be used at smartphone furthermore no system is required.So, local telecom companies' revenue is decreasing day by day, since it allows users toward send messages over the Internet instead regarding the telephone networks.Telephone networks revenue is loosing as user are preffering internet usage.Abdullah Al-Darrab, governor regarding the CITC, told Arab News. "We will take strict action against these applications furthermore services if they do not comply with the regulations."
Viber,skype furthermore WhatsApp set up local servers toward allow beneficial to easier handling, but the companies haven't complied. Viber was banned at the beginning regarding June, furthermore Skype ,WhatsApp will be next. Al-Dabban said,
"We gave them a week toward comply furthermore have been communicating with them since March . Therefore, this has left us with no choice but toward block these services, beginning with Viber,"
So, it may happen WhatsApp furthermore skype will banned in saudia Arabia if these apps are compiled as these are reducing the local telecom companies' revenue.