The telecom operators & government officials in Oman, a small state in the Gulf, express no intention of banning the BlackBerry service, some of which are threatened by blocking several countries that invoke national security issues.The Telecom Regulatory Authority of the Sultanate of Oman, in a statement echoed by Ona news agency says that this decision is consistent with his philosophy of free market in this sector.
Research In Motion, the Canadian maker of BlackBerry, has been questioned by several countries including Saudi Arabia, India, Lebanon and Algeria on access to encrypted data in transit on the servers of its phones.
The manufacturer is thus in discussions with the Saudi authorities threatening to ban certain services if no solution is found.
They tested with mobile operators in Saudi Arabia for three servers to route data communications and Saudi Arabia before they arrive in Canada.The Saudi regulator gave operators until Monday to find a solution, otherwise it will carry out its threat to block Messenger Service for some 700,000 users in the country. The ban was originally to come into force Friday. on the other hand, Kuwait has indicated that his side did not intend to block the BlackBerry service, but still he was discussing with its manufacturer and moral questions raised by security encryption smartphone.
