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Blackberry agreement in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian officials said it was “almost reached” an agreement that aims to avoid the ban on the use of Blackberry in the country.

Saudi Arabia prohibits the use of cell phone on Friday (08/06) because the message delivery service operates in the language of a password that can not be monitored.

State officials said the agreement could form the apparatus access permission to read the messages being sent.

Some countries have raised concerns about security problems on the systems used Blakberry it.

The data in code

An official from one of Saudi Arabia’s cellular phone service was quoted by AFP news agency said: “An agreement has actually been achieved and we are in the process of completion.”

One deal was in the form of laying a special server for message delivery system in the country.

One Arab official Saudi news agency quoted the Associated Press that tests are underway to determine whether the server will be able to work.

Blackberry password data in the language placed in Canada, the country of origin of this mobile phone manufacturer, RIM, so can not be monitored by a third party.

Saudi Arabia said this system “does not meet regulatory requirements and operating permit.”

In Saudi Arabia there are about 700,000 Blackberry users.

This phone service is reported suspended for four hours on Friday but later resumed operations.

Such agreements are likely to be overcome concerns raised a number of countries such as Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

United Arab Emirates would ban e-mail, send messages and Internet services via Blackberry coming in October.