Kuwait wants RIM to filter BlackBerry traffic, Saudi Arabia testing three servers
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The floodgates are open, and another country has washed in — though unlike Saudi Arabia, India and the UAE, this one’s not threatening a BlackBerry messaging ban… yet. Kuwait has publicly announced that it has requested RIM to deal with “moral and security concerns” — namely, blocking pornographic websites — and that RIM has requested four months to comply. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s deadline-driven local server tests are reportedly continuing apace; three servers, one for each national cellular carrier, must “meet the regulatory demands” of the country by Monday.
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