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Saudi follows UAE in BlackBerry ban
Saudi Arabia’s telecoms regulator has ordered local operators to freeze the Messenger function for Blackberry users this month, just hours after the UAE said it was suspending BlackBerry services in the country from October.
A board member at state-controlled Saudi Telecom (STC) confirmed the regulator had imposed a ban. Speaking on Al Arabiya television, he said the Kingdom had not gone as far as the UAE, but urged BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) to reconsider its stance on encrypted data.
“UAE took a bolder step than Saudi Arabia whereas Saudi Arabia is only banning one, the Messenger,” said Abdulrahman Mazi. “I hope this is only a kind of pressure on RIM to take steps to provide information when needed.”
Earlier on Sunday the UAE announced that BlackBerry services in the country will be suspended from 11 October this year.
Source Arabian Business
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