BlackBerry Services To Be Halted In UAE

WrongSizeGlass writes "Bloomberg is reporting RIM's BlackBerry Messenger, e-mail and Web browsing services will be suspended in the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East's business hub, starting October 11th due to security concerns. RIM faces similar restrictions in India. The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority said in a statement on state-run Emirates News Agency, 'In their current form, certain BlackBerry services allow users to act without any legal accountability, causing judicial, social and national security concerns for the UAE.' A senior Indian government official said, 'Though RIM has been fully cooperating ever since the matter was taken up with it in 2008, reports of the company's move to set up a server in China forced us to look at it in a different way.'"

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Re:Emerging Rivalry

[DigiShaman]

India culture is still based on the caste system. While their government has abolished it and has less of an impact in the cities, it's till very much alive in rural areas. So yes, it doesn't surprise me that there is a large voter turn-out. If you got the ass-end of the social the hierarchy, you'd turn out to vote too. No one else would listen.