The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have announced plans to block some services of BlackBerry smart phones in a dispute over the ability to monitor messages sent to and from the devices. The UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority said Sunday it will suspend e-mail, web browsing and messenger services on BlackBerry devices starting October 11.

Authorities in the UAE have said BlackBerry smart phones pose a potential threat to national security because users’ data is managed overseas.  This process prevents the UAE government from monitoring BlackBerry messages coming out of the country.

Hours after the UAE announcement, Saudi telecommunications officials said Saudi Arabia will start blocking the BlackBerry messenger service later this month.

Still their are some announcements also for stopping or monitoring the Blackberry Messenger in Kuwait.

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