Back in March, we let you know about Saudi Arabia’s attempt in controlling BlackBerry services which included monitoring BBM convos.  We later learned that the government attempted to put a ban on BlackBerry Messenger for the whole country.  Today find out that the ban has officially been ruled out.

“We look at the needs of society as well as the regulatory aspects of the BlackBerry service in a balanced manner. The organizational framework does not permit anyone to exploit the service. Therefore, there is no need for stopping the service,” said deputy governor of CTIC for legal matters Daifallah Al-Zahrani.

So for all those who were following up on the case to see if it was a green light or not, that’s the whole bit.  No more ban.

-by Mac Jadalhack

Source: Zawya

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