WhatsApp, Viber and Skype are known to be the top social platforms used by millions of individuals from all around the world. The applications allow users to stay in touch with different methods of communication including messages, voice calls and video calls too.

However, for Saudi Arabia, things work a little differently. The applications do allow their residents were not allowed to use these applications and to send or receive messages neither were they able to give voice and video calls.


According to reports, the communication between Communications and Information Technology Commission and telecommunications service providers is underway to prove fruitful to the customers without having a heavy loss on the telecom businesses.

Abdullah bin Amer Al-Sawahah, the minister of Communications and Information Technology said, “This fruitful cooperation between the Kingdom’s telecoms partners comes under the umbrella of ‘Customer First,’ a policy in which everyone works in order to give all telecom subscribers in the Kingdom the best services that meet their expectations and satisfy their needs,”

“This fruitful cooperation between the Kingdom’s telecoms partners comes under the umbrella of ‘Customer First,’ a policy in which everyone works in order to give all telecom subscribers in the Kingdom the best services that meet their expectations and satisfy their needs,”

We are yet to see what the conversation results in as the band was said to have been removed previously as well, however, it was imposed once again the very next day.