Saudi Arabia to allow Blackberry service to continue

08 August 2010

Research In Motion and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement that will allow BlackBerry services to continue in the country after the government was given the ability to monitor messages, the Associated Press has reported. The deal involves installing a server inside Saudi Arabia that will let authorities check BlackBerry users' data, averting a ban on the service, the AP said, citing an unidentified Saudi regulatory official.

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