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Confirmation on No Skype Nov 19, 2006
Emirates Today - Skype will remain banned but Etisalat and Du will be offering VoIP offerings.

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Nov 19, 2006
It's in Gulf News.
VoIP will only be offered for calls within the UAE.

I'm sure there are other posts on this, so forgive me, but what are the alternatives to skype, which are unblocked here in UAE? Note: I'm not in a freezone area; so i need something unblocked by the Etisalat proxy.

Thanks!
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Nov 20, 2006
ineedacoolnick wrote:I'm sure there are other posts on this, so forgive me, but what are the alternatives to skype, which are unblocked here in UAE? Note: I'm not in a freezone area; so i need something unblocked by the Etisalat proxy.
Thanks!


Haven't tried to bypass Etisalat proxy, but I'm quite happy to have FREE PC-to-PC voice chat + webcam (of Yahoo Messenger) with my family in Dubai (I'm on business trip out of UAE).
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Nov 29, 2006
i think that the new yahoo itselfe have calls to land lines , so i guess there is no harm from trying it ;)
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Nov 29, 2006
Protoss wrote:i think that the new yahoo itselfe have calls to land lines , so i guess there is no harm from trying it ;)


Nope, it's already blocked.
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Dec 01, 2006
What about MSN?
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Unblock Skype in Dubai with Witopia personnalVPN May 28, 2008
Hello,

After travelling in Dubai (UAE) and in China, I found a software that unblock Skype and censored contents in some countries.

I know Skype is blocked or there is censor in the following countries : Belize, China, Columbia, Cuba, Jordan, UAE ...

After searching internet, I found a way to make calls and to access censored content in those countries using a VPN (Virtual Private Network).

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May 28, 2008
You should make it private. :roll:
Congratulation to publish it, it's a matter of time when this will be blocked as well.

PS: I'm using it, works great, but a bit slow lately and sometimes got disconnected.
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Re: Unblock Skype in Dubai with Witopia personnalVPN Jul 14, 2008
donaldf wrote:I know Skype is blocked or there is censor in the following countries : Belize, China, Columbia, Cuba, Jordan, UAE ...


Jordan ! Nothing is blocked there. LoL It is so opened country and free to do whatever you want except some other things which are not related to Internet itself. :wink:
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Nov 27, 2008
Is there any update on this?

Just moved over and wanted use Skpe to phone home (or any other VoIP). Is it really blocked here in UAE?
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Nov 28, 2008
Guys,

Skype works in dubai. But only PC-to-PC. Even if you have skypeout credits and you try to make a call, the call would connect & then terminate. Apparently you would end up wasting your credits.

Unless you have a vpn setup with someone on uncensored network

Read Faq at www.tra.ae

This is confirmed.
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Re: Confirmation on No Skype Dec 09, 2008
That is really horrible of Etisalat and I'm surprised ISPs are still doing this kind of thing.

There is a way around the VOIP/Skype blockage and our company may be offering a solution especially for overseas customers to safely and securely get around all forms of blockage, including VOIP, banned websites and more.

In the past we've helped out our clients abroad to get around these blockages but we get requests and questions each day about how to achieve this.

^ian^ wrote:Emirates Today - Skype will remain banned but Etisalat and Du will be offering VoIP offerings.
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