World | North Africa unrest Egypt Shutting Down Cell Phone Networks But Google's helping people get around Internet blocks By Rob Quinn Posted Feb 1, 2011 1:19 AM CST Copied A man takes pictures with his cell phone on Tahrir, or Liberation Square, in Cairo, Egypt, yesterday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Egypt is again targeting communication networks ahead of a million-man protest planned today. Mobile phone networks will be shut down over the next few hours, CNN reports. Google has announced on its official blog that it has set up a "speak-to-tweet" service to help Egyptians get around Internet blocks. Voicemail messages left at an international phone number will be instantly uploaded. Read These Next Trump aide gives punny response to Springsteen. Conan O'Brien finally speaks on deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner. Hundreds offer to adopt dog abandoned at airport. Trump sets 10% tariff, then raises it. Report an error