TeleGeography notes that Egypt’s National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has confirmed that the country has begun enforcing a ban on international calls made via mobile internet connections. The ban applies to all three of Egypt’s mobile network operators – Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (MobiNil), Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat Mirs – and is expected to provide a much-needed boost to the fixed line revenue of monopoly landline provider, state-owned Telecom Egypt (TE). “The ban is on Skype on mobile internet, not on fixed, and this is due to the fact it is against the law since it bypasses the legal gateway,” Amr Badawy, executive president of the NTRA, told Reuters.