He said the move was to protect the country's communication sector, adding that a study showed that "100,000 people in Bahrain had used VoIP applications in four days."
Alisema hatua hiyo inakusudiwa kulinda sekta ya mawasiliano nchini humo, akiongeza kuwa utafiti umeonyesha kuwa "watu laki moja nchini Bahrain wametumia zana hizo za mawasiliano ya sauti katika kipindi cha siku nne."