Today’s announcement, made with AT&T in the United States, comes after a weekend flurry of controversy surrounding security concerns in several countries, notably the threat by the United Arab Emirates to shut down BlackBerry service in October if RIM doesn’t take the measures needed to allow authorities to monitor communications.
The U-A-E says those Blackberry services violate its security laws because the data is encrypted and can’t be monitored by local authorities for content. It says its Blackberry ban will take effect October 11th unless it’s given access to the encrypted data.
RIM, not mentioning the UAE dispute directly, said in a statement yesterday that it is “committed to continue delivering highly secure and innovative products that satisfy the needs of both customers and governments.”
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