1/21/2025–|Last updated: 1/21/202509:42 AM (Mecca time)
The Minister of Communications in the Syrian caretaker government, Hussein Al-Masry, revealed on Monday that the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad made Internet services in the country dependent on an old copper network that was 20 years old.
The minister said – in a statement he made to the official Syrian News Agency (SANA) – that “the current reality of communications in Syria does not satisfy the citizen, and is not compatible with modern technologies.”
He added, “Internet service in Syria is provided via ADSL technology, which relies on an old copper network that is more than 20 years old, and is in need of restoration or replacement to provide the Internet with good speeds commensurate with the modern renaissance.”
He pointed out that “the ousted regime was exploiting the communications and information technology sector to amass wealth for its benefit and for the benefit of its symbols.”
To address this, the minister said, “We issued a circular on the necessity of regulating the communications sector and preventing the restructuring of companies affiliated with the former regime.”
On January 6, Al-Masry announced the lifting of restrictions imposed by the ousted regime on communications, “in order to increase the specified speed and improve the quality of the Internet, with the aim of facilitating communication and providing communications services to all citizens.”
The caretaker government seeks to implement many reform steps in the various state departments and institutions, with the aim of restructuring and developing them to suit its aspirations to rebuild the state, after the overthrow of the Assad regime.
