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Gulf countries considering BlackBerry bans

A list of countries considering BlackBerry bans over security concerns with data routed abroad:

India threatens to suspend Blackberry by 31 August

India has given Blackberry phone maker RIM a deadline of 31 August to give the government access to all of its services or face being shut down.

Questions and answers about BlackBerry objections

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A list of countries considering BlackBerry bans

over security concerns with data routed abroad:

BlackBerry users guessing in Saudi, assured in Oman

BlackBerry users in Saudi Arabia were left guessing for a second time in a week on Tuesday after a deadline to address security concerns about encryption lapsed, but service continued normally.

Oman says no plans to ban BlackBerry services

Oman has no plans to block BlackBerry services, the small Gulf state said on Monday, as regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia worked with the device’s maker on a solution that could avert a ban of some services.