About Blacberry Issue
Some BlackBerry users in the Saudi port city and commercial center in Jeddah, said Saturday that the department had worked continuously since the return after suspension for four hours yesterday.
Saudi telecommunications authority announced earlier this week was sentenced to the main provider of the BlackBerry mobile phones or face fines of $ 1,300,000 block of 6.8.
The regulator said the suspension was due to “how to offer BlackBerry service does not currently meet the criteria of the regulations and licensing conditions.”
BlackBerry email and data encryption are stored on a server in Canada, where RIM is based, which means that third parties such as intelligence can not monitor the communications secure.
BlackBerry subscribers number about 700,000 in Saudi Arabia, the conservative kingdom, the strict Islamic social codes and strict censorship of the Internet services on them.
Saudi short end came five days after the United Arab Emirates also announced that should the BlackBerry Messenger, e-mail and surf the web services October 11 due to safety concerns cut.
“I have a BlackBerry, but I am glad that the service will continue, I decided to repurchase,” he said, adding that “a friend as a gift. What I care about now is that the service will continue. “
Mashaal Al-Yami, a manager of a private company, said: “It was a scary for today I am pleased that the service will continue if I use it a lot ..”
CITC said last week that the decision on the grounds that the services to suspend “how the BlackBerry service they currently provide do not meet the criteria of the regulations and licensing conditions.”
Among the reported solution to a local server accessible to the Saudi authorities, not the data directly to RIM servers in Canada to install.
Okaz newspaper quoted sources on Monday in the technique of one of the three mobile phone companies say that the monarchy as evidence “on the server and ask … the program has been successful.”
Other telecommunications officials also said that talks between the CITC and RIM ended in “achieving solutions acceptable to all parties,” the newspaper Al-Shams.
Canada’s RIM officials did not return calls seeking comment on the talks.
The source said the two options to resolve the dispute is a minister of Saudi Arabia or a patch, which the government access to data in cases involving national security.
Regulator, the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), do not say whether he has begun to implement the ban. Saudi Arabia is the largest market for RIM Middle East, with about 700 000 users.
RIM is facing pressure to open the network encryption to control by the Government in circumstances which may affect national security.
India, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Algeria have the same concern that focuses on access to communications through the device. Together these markets represent approximately five percent of the global customers of the company in Canada.
U.S. and Canadian governments have expressed concerns about the impact of the prohibition of such services.
Al-Hayat newspaper online edition said in a report Friday that RIM may regard the situation in Saudi Arabia to resolve to the server in the world of communication to locate multiple encrypted BlackBerry network.
On Thursday, the sources said, RIM, the degree of flexibility that is not in the last three months. Progress will be posted, we began discussing the technical aspects of the new set-up .. “
It is unclear how long the ban will last, if both parties can not reach a compromise on encrypted networks for businesses and government bodies. A technical solution could also mean uninterrupted service.
“They should do your research before allowing the BlackBerry on the market,” says Rayan BlackBerry users, a Saudi 30 years.
Neighbour 500 000 UAE has a BlackBerry user and a plan for a more radical restrictions not only guides Messenger 10.11, but also web browsing and email on the device.
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