Saudi BlackBerry curbs seen as politically driven

Release Date 4 Aug, 2010 in Financial Times

 
   

India Inc keeps its fingers crossed

Times of India - Swati Anand - 4 Aug, 2010
CHENNAI: As the battle between BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) and the Indian government continues, India Inc is watching keenly. ...

Govt threatens to block BlackBerry messenger

Times of India - 4 Aug, 2010
NEW DELHI: A day after BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) expressed its "inability" to provide access to security agencies to intercept its messenger ...

RIM shares drop

CBC.ca - 4 Aug, 2010
Research in Motion shares fell more than four per cent Wednesday as the BlackBerry maker scrambled to address concerns about its technology that assures a ...

Saudi BlackBerry curbs seen as politically driven

Financial Times - Robin Wigglesworth - 4 Aug, 2010
Saudi Arabia will block BlackBerry services from Friday over concerns its secure network compromises national security ...

Keep the spies from our computers

Financial Times - John Gapper - 4 Aug, 2010
In GK Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday, a secret policeman who infiltrates a violent seven-man anarchist gang in Edwardian London ...

RIM says it won't sacrifice security for sake of expansion

Toronto Star - 4 Aug, 2010
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion says it won't sacrifice data security to satisfy developing-world governments looking to keep tabs on their citizens, ...

BlackBerry may be too good for its own good

Daily News & Analysis - Venkatesan Vembu - 4 Aug, 2010
There is a certain irony to the problems that the makers of the smartphone BlackBerry face with security agencies in ...

Editorial: A security measure

Arab News - 4 Aug, 2010
THE multifeatured mobile phone has become an essential tool for business, not least for executives on the move around the world. ...

RIM Stock Drops 4 Percent on Worries Over Saudi Move

ABC News - 4 Aug, 2010
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Research In Motion stock tumbled more than 4 percent on Wednesday as mounting concerns that Saudi Arabia will block its service clouded ...

BlackBerry maker to UAE, Saudis: No 3rd party can access encrypted data, not ...

Computerworld - Al Sacco - 4 Aug, 2010
CIO - Research In Motion Ltd., the Canadian company behind the popular BlackBerry smartphone, caught a lot of flak this week from countries ...

Untangling the BlackBerry ban

BBC News - Jane Wakefield - 4 Aug, 2010
Saudi Arabia plans to block the messenger function on BlackBerry handsets from Friday while the United Arab Emirates ...

Blackberry makers to resist pressure from foreign governments

Hindustan Times - 4 Aug, 2010
PTI Under pressure from countries like India and UAE to provide access to its customers' messages, the Canadian company which makes Blackberry on Wednesday ...

A list of countries considering BlackBerry bans

The Associated Press - 4 Aug, 2010
These countries are planning or considering restricting the use of BlackBerry services because of law enforcement and national security concerns: _ Saudi ...

Can Dubai Business Survive Without the BlackBerry?

TIME - Angela Shah - 4 Aug, 2010
A woman speaks on her BlackBerry at a mall in Dubai on Aug. 2, 2010. Key services of the smart phone may be ...

FOCUS: United Arab Emirates Falls Out Of Love With The BlackBerry

Wall Street Journal - Oliver Klaus, Nour Malas - 4 Aug, 2010
DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--The United Arab Emirates was in love with the BlackBerry mobile email device--until Sunday. ...

BlackBerry maker to resist pressure from Gulf govts

AFP - 4 Aug, 2010
WASHINGTON â€" A top executive of the maker of the BlackBerry smartphones said in an interview published Wednesday that the firm would not give in to pressure ...

Saudi Arabia to enact first BlackBerry ban on Friday

Christian Science Monitor - Tom A. Peter - 4 Aug, 2010
With several other countries threatening a BlackBerry ban, the smartphone's parent company stands to lose 2 million of its 46 million users worldwide. ...

Indonesia joins countries mulling BlackBerry ban

The Associated Press - Niniek Karmini - 4 Aug, 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia â€" Indonesia said Wednesday it is considering following the lead of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in banning BlackBerry ...

Internet security: Behind BlackBerry ban, rising concerns over smartphones

Christian Science Monitor - Laurent Belsie - 4 Aug, 2010
Internet security for the BlackBerry and other smartphones worry Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who want to monitor transmissions. But Internet security is ...

Saudi Arabia Joins in BlackBerry Ban

PC World - 4 Aug, 2010
Saudi Arabia has ordered the suspension of Research in Motion's BlackBerry service as of Friday, as it does not meet current regulations, according to the ...

RIM denies security kowtowing to governments

ZDNet UK - Jack Clark - 4 Aug, 2010
Research In Motion has strongly rejected reports that it is considering giving certain governments the ability ...

UAE mobile carrier offers alternative BlackBerry services

Economic Times - 4 Aug, 2010
DUBAI: A United Arab Emirates mobile carrier on Wednesday offered BlackBerry users alternative services to manage the current situation arising after the ...

Saudi Arabia Joins UAE, Bans BlackBerry Services

PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 4 Aug, 2010
The country's Saudi Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) announced Tuesday that it has ordered the three wireless providers in the ...

RIM Refuses to Give Customer Codes as BlackBerry Faces Bans

Bloomberg - Anthony DiPaola - 4 Aug, 2010
A trader uses a RIM BlackBerry mobile device on the Dubai International Financial Market trading floor in ...

Factbox: BlackBerry under fire

Reuters (press release) - Doug Young, Georgina Prodhan - 4 Aug, 2010
CAIRO (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is facing demands for access to its encrypted data in some of its fastest-growing markets. ...

Saudi to block Blackberry services as of Friday

Xinhua - Mu Xuequan - 4 Aug, 2010
RIYADH, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Saudi telecom regulator announced late Tuesday that it would block Blackberry services as for next Friday until the smartphones' ...

RIM, India In BlackBerry Security Standoff

InformationWeek - Paul McDougall - 4 Aug, 2010
Dispute comes as Saudi officials threaten to terminate messaging service unless access to traffic is provided. By Paul McDougall India and Research In ...

Research In Motion: Saudi Arabia To Halt Access Starting Friday

Barron's (blog) - Eric Savitz - 4 Aug, 2010
Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission said in a statement that it will halt all BlackBerry services in the ...

U.A.E. Open To Blackberry Talks

Wall Street Journal - Nour Malas - 4 Aug, 2010
DUBAIâ€"The United Arab Emirates is open to discussions on a solution instead of a ban on primary BlackBerry services in the country, ...

National Post editorial board: RIM's tough choice

National Post (registration) (blog) - 4 Aug, 2010
In 2009, the United Arab Emirates' telecommunications operator sent a text message to the nation's BlackBerry users, urging them to download a special ...

 

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