Syrian Freedom, China's PCCW keeps #Syria online

China’s PCCW keeps #Syria online

23/08/12

Hong Kong-based PCCW has said it is keeping

war-torn #Syria connected to the internet, as

other telecoms companies withdraw, the

Associated Press has reported. The firm is now

carrying most of the Internet traffic to and from

Syria, according to Renesys Corp, a US-based

company that studies the structure of the

internet. PCCW has shouldered the load as Turk

Telecom, the main phone company in

neighbouring Turkey, dropped away August 12.

Renesys said that Telecom Italia of Italy and

Deutsche Telekom of Germany also carry some

Syrian Internet traffic, but the Italian company’s

share is declining for unknown reasons.