In conjunction with internet disconnection on Friday 28 January, mobile telephone communications in general were banned. The ban included Mobinil, Vodafone, and Itisalat all over the country. The ban order was given by Habib al-Adli, the minister of interior at that time, after an urgent meeting between the three security agencies: state security, general intelligence, and military intelligence (Al-Adli himself testified to this during his trial in the case known as “the breaking out of prisons”.