In the early hours of the 28th of January 2011, known as the Friday of Wrath, three companies providing telecommunication and mobile services in Egypt, cut their services, for five days. The companies later rationalized this step, stating that it was upon orders by sovereign bodies in Egypt as well as the national agency for organization of communication. The Administrative Court, 7th Circle – Economic and Investment Disputes, looked into an action brought by lawyers and activists against state officials, demanding a cancellation of the administrative body’s right to issue a decree to stop or cut communication services to mobile phone. They also demanded that the defendants pay compensation for the material and moral harm that befell service users as a result of the decision. The court, in finding for the plaintiffs, addressed the concept of national security, which the administrative body used as a pretext to cut communication. The court concluded it did not recognize a threat to national security which necessitated cutting communication. Accordingly, the court held that the decree was not justified, and was rather used for ulterior purposes, namely, protecting the regime.