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 Here's how Rob Reiner's body was found. Nick Reiner spoke just three words in court. 2 of Rob and Michele Reiner's kids speak out. More details coming out about the last party the Reiners attended. Report an error