The Saudi government on Tuesday backed away from a threat to shut down the Blackberry corporate messenger service in the country, citing progress in talks with operators and the device maker Research in Motion over the ability to monitor encrypted messages for national security reasons.
In a statement released through the state-run Saudi news agency, the Communications and Information Telecommunications Commission said it had obtained unspecified commitments from operators and R.I.M. that would aide in the country’s plan to monitor encrypted traffic on Blackberry devices.
“In light of the positive developments in completing part of the regulatory requirements from the service providers, the regulatory authority has decided to allow the continuation of the BlackBerry Messenger services,” according to the statement on the Saudi Press Agency.
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