Dirhams & Dollars: Skype goes silent, again

Dubai: Following the UAE’s latest decision to ban Skype, the team unpacks the various theories about what happened, and the long, confusing history of internet talking applications like Skype.

What are the motivations for banning such applications? And what is the future for them?

We look at whether there is any hope for such applications, or if, in the future, we will all be using Etisalat and du’s equivalent apps.