BlackBerry maker: UAE policy would apply to others

Release Date ‎Apr 17, 2011‎ in The Associated Press

 
   

United Arab Emirates might block Blackberry enterprise services

Inquirer - Dean Wilson - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) might block individuals and small businesses from accessing their accounts on the Blackberry Enterprise Service, causing further headaches for mobile phone firm Research In Motion (RIM). ...

UAE to tighten BlackBerry restrictions

The Guardian - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
Authorities in nations including the UAE and Saudi Arabia, above, have been pushing for greater access to BlackBerry data. Photograph: AP BlackBerry users in the United Arab Emirates will soon be unable to send emails and messages without fear of ...

UAE looks to block BlackBerry mail, again

Register - Bill Ray - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
Small companies in the UAE will no longer be permitted to use BlackBerry email services, according to local reports, and access will be cut off in the next two weeks. The National, an Abu Dhabi paper, ...

UAE to restrict access to BlackBerry email service

Times of India - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
NEW DELHI: Research In Motion (RIM) on Sunday confirmed that access to BlackBerry's encrypted email service would be restricted in UAE. According to proposed guidelines only the organizations with 20 or more subscription of BlackBerry Enterprise Server ...

UAE Restrictions Will Hit All Wireless Providers, Says RIM

PCWorld - John Ribeiro - ‎Apr 17, 2011‎
Potential changes to wireless data services for very small business in the United Arab Emirates will affect the entire industry and not just BlackBerry services, Research In Motion said Saturday. The company said that it was ...

BlackBerry launches new enterprise services

Inquirer.net - Paolo Montecillo - ‎Apr 17, 2011‎
MANILA, Philippinesâ€"As technology giants battle it out to become the world's top smart phone vendor, Canada-based Research in Motion (RIM) has decided to go back to its roots by focusing on the market that drove BlackBerry's ...

UAE to curb BlackBerry encrypted e-mail use

Financial Times - Sarah Mishkin - ‎Apr 17, 2011‎
Emirati authorities may tighten restrictions on BlackBerry usage to block individuals and small businesses from using the device's most secure form of e-mail access. The UAE's regulator, the Telecommunications Regulatory ...

BlackBerry maker: UAE policy would apply to others

The Associated Press - ‎Apr 17, 2011‎
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) â€" The maker of BlackBerry devices says tighter restrictions on the popular gadgets proposed by Emirati authorities would likely apply to other smartphones too, raising new questions about data freedom in the Gulf Arab ...

BlackBerry services to continue in UAE

Economic Times - ‎Apr 16, 2011‎
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates' telecommunications agency has said that BlackBerry smartphone services would remain available in the country. Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has confirmed the continuation of all BlackBerry services in ...

UAE to Limit Use of Secure BlackBerry Service

Wall Street Journal - ‎Apr 16, 2011‎
AP DUBAIâ€"The United Arab Emirates plans to limit the number of BlackBerry users who can make use of the smartphones' highest level of data security. The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority said in an emailed statement Saturday that only qualifying ...

UAE Restricts BlackBerry Use For Smaller Businesses

eWEEK Europe UK - Matthew Broersma - ‎Apr 19, 2011‎
The United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s telecoms authority has announced it will tighten restrictions on Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices, allowing only organisations with 20 or more BlackBerry accounts to use the secure BlackBerry Enterprise Server ...

UAE Tightens Noose On BlackBerry Email

Geeky gadgets - Glenn Santos - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
In what is sure to be future material for MBA case studies, RIM's troubles around Asia and the Middle East can't seem to go away. A new directive from the UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority curtails small-time corporate subscribers from ...

Mixed news for BlackBerry in the UAE

iNews880.com - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion says it has been told that possible new restrictions on the popular gadgets proposed by authorities in the United Arab Emirates will also apply to other smartphones. The UAE's telecommunications regulator has ...

UAE Restricts Encrypted BlackBerry Service

Mobiledia - Margaret Rock - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
Research in Motion recently announced restrictions on its devices and services, as companies and countries struggle over privacy and security concerns in the Middle East. Over the weekend, the Waterloo, ...

Policy Management: UAE Restrictions Will Affect Other Enterprise Solution ...

TMC Net - Beecher Tuttle - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
Blackberry maker Research in Motion (News - Alert) confirmed over the weekend that the United Arab Emirates will likely impose restrictions on all smartphones, not just those made by the Canadian technology company ...

UAE To Block Some BlackBerry Services

International Business Times - Jesse Emspak - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
The United Arab Emirates is reportedly going to stop individuals and small businesses from using certain BlackBerry messaging services, but the government says that no customers will be affected. ...

RIM faces fresh UAE corporate email ban

Mobile Business Briefing - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has confirmed that the UAE authorities will implement a ban on some of its corporate email services, beginning next month. The country's regulator is expected to publish full details of the ban this week, ...

UAE restricts access to BlackBerry encrypted email service

Computer Business Review - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has confirmed that access to BlackBerry's encrypted email service would be restricted in UAE adding that the rules applied to all smartphone services. When email mesages move between a computer and a ...

UAE steps up efforts to monitor BlackBerry devices

ComputerWeekly.com - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
The United Arab Emirates plans to limit organisations' access to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server system, which could enable authorities to step up efforts to monitor handsets. The country's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has outlined ...

RIM: UAE BlackBerry Policy Would Apply to Others

Social Barrel - Francis Rey - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerrys, says stiffer restrictions on popular devices suggested by Emirati officials likely apply to other smartphones as well, eliciting questions of data freedom in UAE. Defining plans to limit accessibility ...

UAE to curb BlackBerry Enterprise Server use

Techworld.com - John E Dunn - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
News sources in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are reporting that individuals and small companies will soon no longer be allowed to use BlackBerry's super-encrypted Enterprise Server (BES). ...

UAE To Limit RIM's BlackBerry Service

Zawya - Caroline Van Hasselt, Shereen Elgazzar - ‎Apr 17, 2011‎
TORONTO (Dow Jones)--Canada's Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM, RIM.T) confirmed Sunday that the United Arab Emirates will stop individuals and small businesses from using BlackBerry's highly secure corporate ...

UAE policy to limit BlackBerry, all new smartphones

The Next Web - ‎Apr 17, 2011‎
The UAE is tightening its restrictions at the expense of people and businesses using BlackBerry's highly secure BlackBerry Enterprise Server system. Research In Motion, manufacturer of Blackberry, suggests that the government's new security rules would ...

TRA policy applies industrywide

GulfNews - Deena Kamel Yousef - ‎Apr 17, 2011‎
BlackBerry sales will not be hit as a result of the regulation because corporate use makes up only 15 per cent of their total sales in the last quarter of 2010. Dubai: The new regulations on the use of ...

AP Technology NewsBrief at 2:55 pm EDT

TMC Net - ‎Apr 17, 2011‎
(Associated Press Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BlackBerry maker: UAE policy would apply to othersDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) _ The maker of BlackBerry devices says tighter restrictions on the popular gadgets proposed by Emirati authorities would ...

BlackBerry not target of UAE policy change, says RIM

ArabianBusiness.com - Joanne Bladd - ‎Apr 17, 2011‎
Research In Motion, the Canadian maker of BlackBerry devices, says it has been told that any new restrictions imposed by UAE authorities will apply to other smartphones too. “RIM has been in direct contact with the UAE regulator,” the ...

AP Business NewsBrief at 8:43 am EDT

TMC Net - ‎Apr 17, 2011‎
(Associated Press Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BlackBerry maker: UAE policy would apply to othersDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) _ The maker of BlackBerry devices said Sunday it has been told that possible new restrictions proposed by Emirati ...

The Blackberry Contention

Kipp Report - Eva Fernandes - ‎Apr 17, 2011‎
UAE versus Blackberry: remember that long drawn out game of chicken? What about the “compromise” that followed after? Don't look to Kipp for what was actually compromised on because RIM is pretty tight-lipped about it. All we know is we are glad the ...

BlackBerry continues in UAE

Middle East North Africa Financial Network - ‎Apr 17, 2011‎
(MENAFN) The UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) said that the BlackBerry smartphone services would stay active in the country, reported Arabian Business. The authority elaborated saying that all BlackBerry services in the UAE would ...

UAE BlackBerry use 'unchanged'

7DAYS - ‎Apr 16, 2011‎
The telecoms watchdog has moved to ease fears that certain BlackBerry smartphone services could be subject to a crackdown. The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) yesterday said that “all BlackBerry services” would continue for companies and ...

 

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