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 Bodies found at lifetime felon's former home. Olivia Nuzzi, Vanity Fair to part. Ex-DEA agent allegedly used his money-laundering expertise for bad. Netflix plan to buy Warner Bros. isn't sitting well in Hollywood. Report an error