UAE lifts BlackBerry ban threat

The United Arab Emirates said it would not go ahead with the suspension of BlackBerry mobile communication services next week, saying the provider now complied with the Gulf's state's regulatory framework.

The UAE's regulator had said in August that it would ban BlackBerry's messenger, e-mail and web-browser services on October 11 because they were operating outside of its laws and raised national security concerns. However, after discussions between Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of BlackBerry, the country's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority said on Friday: "BlackBerry services are now compliant with the UAE's telecommunications regulatory framework. "Therefore, the TRA has confirmed today that all BlackBerry services in the UAE will continue to operate as normal and no suspension of service will occur on October 11, 2010.