KHARTOUM- A Sudanese court has ordered the detention of the heads of the three telecommunications companies in the country until internet services are restored, the lawyer who raised the case against them told Reuters on Thursday.

Internet services have been disrupted intermittently in Sudan ahead of planned protests since the ouster of the country's transitional government by the military in October.

(Reporting by Khalid Abdelaziz; Writing by Nadine Awadalla; Editing by Lina Najem and Hugh Lawson) ((Nadine.Awadalla@thomsonreuters.com;))