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Saudi Arabia will block BlackBerry soon

After announcing about blocking a number of features for BlackBerry services, Saudi Arabia‘s telecommunications regulatory has finally decided to block that service on Friday, August 6, 2010. Blocking it will last until the mobile phone service meets all the requirements.

After announcing blocking a number of features BlackBerry services, the Saudi telecommunications regulatory body has finally decided to block that service on Friday, August 6, 2010. According to the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), the ban will last until the third largest mobile phone operator in the country meet the requirements that have been requested.

“Saudi Telecom Co., Mobily and Zain Saudi Arabia are required to immediately halt BlackBerry service for businesses and individuals began August 6,” said the announcement conveyed CITC as quoted from Reuters on Thursday (08/05/2010).

Not only in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE) was planning the same thing. Both are disappointed because they can not monitor the communications passing through besutan smartphones Research In Motion (RIM) is. Because, BlackBerry encryption data channel automatically to the computer servers outside the country.

Requirements that prompted the Saudi government is that RIM would release a user if a communication data when needed. UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (TRA), said the lack of implementation of the BlackBerry service will be local regulations, could threaten the judicial, social and national security of the Arab nation.