Internet shutdown 'will never happen again,' says Egypt's IT chief

Yasser Elkady survived Egypt's revolution to remain CEO of the country's IT development arm. He is now in the U.S. traveling city to city to meet with IT companies to assure them that Egypt remains a good place to do business.

One message Elkady is delivering is a commitment from Egypt's provisional government that a decision to kill the Internet "will never happen again." Elkady says the government is rewriting its telecommunications law in response to the former government's decision to kill Internet access. The law won't necessarily preempt the government's ability from shutting down the Internet but will likely set many reviews and approval processes to ensure that a similar action does not happen again, he said.