The Saudi Arabian telecommunications regulator gave operators a 48-hour period expires on Monday to finalize an agreement to monitor the content of multimedia messaging phone BlackBerry, reported late Saturday the official SPA news agency."Following the efforts of suppliers to comply with regulations, it was decided to give them 48 hours to expire at the end of the day from Monday to test the proposed solutions", said the Commission on Technology and Communications Information (CITC), in a statement released by the agency.
The CITC said a decision on the suspension or not what the Blackberry service would be taken to the "light of the proposed solutions.
Initially, the CITC has announced a suspension of the BlackBerry messaging service for Friday but was reinstated after being stopped for four hours, according to users.
On Saturday, an official of one of three Saudi telecom companies told AFP that an agreement with the manufacturer of BlackBerry to avoid suspension of mail service had been "virtually certain" and the "final touches" were made.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, gave no indication of the contents of the agreement but the television channel Al-Arabiya, Saudi-owned, said, citing anonymous sources that Saudi domestic manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) had accepted the principle of access by Saudi authorities to trade content on the BlackBerry.
According to the channel, a server for this ultra-secure encryption phone could be installed in Saudi Arabia to allow surveillance.
Riyadh joining in the UAE who announced last Sunday, suspension from the October 11 key services for BlackBerry, arguing that they did not comply with regulations.
Saudi Arabia (700,000 subscribers) as the UAE (500,000 subscribers) censor Internet access, including sites of opposition political or pornographic.
On Thursday the United States and Canada announced discussions with countries who seek to better monitor these phones.
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