Looks like the dark times for RIM and BlackBerry are showing no signs of respite. The TRA (Telecommunications Regulatory Authority) of the UAE, which regulates the telecom industry in the country is contemplating a ban on the e-mail, web browsing and messaging services on BlackBerry smartphones starting October 2010.
The ban, according to officials from UAE, will be issued in public interest. According to them, the current security protocols used in BlackBerry services makes the users of such services to act without any legal accountability, causing judicial, social and national-security concerns .
If you were unaware, unlike most normal phones, any BlackBerry device encrypts data sent using it first through its servers in Canada before it ends up where you intend to send it. This basically means that UAE cannot monitor what is being sent via BlackBerry phones in the country unless Canada and RIM somehow allows access to its data center. RIM was reportedly offered an alternative to open its own server within the UAE which the company rejected. This is believed to be the reason behind the plans to ban the entire bunch of BlackBerry services in the country.
Incidentally, UAE is not the only country that is contemplating a ban or imposing similar measures on RIM. India and now, even Saudi Arabia are talking tough regarding BlackBerry and its servers. Is it time RIM brings their servers to more accessible locations so that the users are not affected by such Government ban? Leave us a comment and let us know what you think.
Source http://www.techtree.com/India/News/UAE_Saudi_Arabia_Might_Ban_BlackBerry_Services/551-112451-893.html
The ban, according to officials from UAE, will be issued in public interest. According to them, the current security protocols used in BlackBerry services makes the users of such services to act without any legal accountability, causing judicial, social and national-security concerns .
If you were unaware, unlike most normal phones, any BlackBerry device encrypts data sent using it first through its servers in Canada before it ends up where you intend to send it. This basically means that UAE cannot monitor what is being sent via BlackBerry phones in the country unless Canada and RIM somehow allows access to its data center. RIM was reportedly offered an alternative to open its own server within the UAE which the company rejected. This is believed to be the reason behind the plans to ban the entire bunch of BlackBerry services in the country.
Incidentally, UAE is not the only country that is contemplating a ban or imposing similar measures on RIM. India and now, even Saudi Arabia are talking tough regarding BlackBerry and its servers. Is it time RIM brings their servers to more accessible locations so that the users are not affected by such Government ban? Leave us a comment and let us know what you think.
Source http://www.techtree.com/India/News/UAE_Saudi_Arabia_Might_Ban_BlackBerry_Services/551-112451-893.html
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