The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the country has confirmed that it has nothing to do with the free application of voice and video calling "totok".
The authority told «Emirates Today» in response to what was raised during the last period that the application belonged to it, and that it allowed it to be opened in preparation for making voice calls through the instant messaging program «WhatsApp», that «this talk is completely false from health and that it has nothing to do with it It is not responsible for opening or closing it », noting that the application belongs to an international company.
For their part, subscribers to the “Totok” application said yesterday that they were surprised by the disappearance of the application from the Apple App Store (App Store), expecting to close the application completely after a short period, especially since “Tutuk” is the only free application for audio and video that works efficiently It features clear picture and sound.
According to users of the application, "Tutuk" has been working efficiently on devices that run "Android" and "iOS" devices for "iPhone" devices.
In addition, Tariq Zaki, an information technology expert, explained that there are a number of reasons and factors that cause the blocking or disappearance of an application from the application store, most notably the emergence of some security holes in the application, or the inability of its operation in some countries for violating the operating standards followed in it. Consequently, users cannot find it in the store when searching for it.
Zaki added to «Emirates Today» that one of the factors is also the presence of a technical problem with the application itself and the multiplication of complaints received from users regarding this, which may cause it to be temporarily withheld until the problem is fixed, indicating that the closing or stopping of the activity of the company developing the application may lead to blocking it In app stores.
And that some of the blocking cases may come after the end of the contract period to use a specific application on the platforms of specific brands of some phones, according to partnership agreements.
Zaki stated that the possibility of blocking an application on the phone application stores is due to two sides, either the developer of the application, or the operator of the phone systems, while the ability to operate it or not is due to the companies operating the telecommunications services in the countries, according to the policies governing the telecommunications services in these countries.
He pointed out that the continued operation of the application despite not appearing on the application store for users when searching for it, may be contained for periods, except in cases where the company's activity has ceased to work permanently, or its operation is withheld by the operators of telecommunications services in countries where the operation of these programs contradicts the standards Specific organizational.
- Users were surprised
By disappearing the application from
App Store.