UAE Occupational Forces Expand Its Control over Telecommunications in Socotra

The Emirati occupational forces has expanded its telecommunications network towers on the island of Socotra, which it controls.

“The Emiratis established 10 new towers to strengthen the telecommunications network and the Internet in the city of Hadibo, the governorate center, and the Qalansiya district,” local sources said.

Citizens complained about the weakness of the Yemeni local network after the installation of these towers, and the high prices of the service provided by the new Emirati network.

Meanwhile, a report issued by the Ministry of Communications stated that the communications sector worked to rehabilitate 211 sites and stations, after they were destroyed by the coalition, and repaired and maintained 403 sabotage operations that led to cables being cut off as a result of bombing and acts of sabotage.

The report indicated that the catastrophic effects on civil society as a result of targeting the telecommunications and postal sector led to cut off 95 regions from the world, 64 establishments that lost financial and postal services, and 1,642 establishments unable to benefit from communications and internet services, and depriving 6,812,542 citizens of postal services.

The report indicated that 1,271,900 citizens were deprived of telecommunications and internet services, while 14 million citizens suffered from the deterioration and weakness of telecommunications and internet services.