Saudi BlackBerry service will continue
Posted Aug 7, 2010 07:02:49 AM.
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A Saudi telecom official says an agreement between the authorities and Research in Motion has been reached averting a ban on the service.
He said the deal would involve the maker of the BlackBerry installing a server inside the kingdom allowing the Saudi government to monitor BlackBerry data.
The official of the regulatory authority spoke today on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the details of the deal with the media.
The Saudi telecommunications regulatory agency announced earlier this week that BlackBerry’s messenger service would be halted on Friday over concerns that its data could not be monitored.
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