<p>In a statement released on Friday, TRA said: "All Blackberry services in the UAE will continue to operate as normal and no suspension of service will occur on October 11."<br /><br />The reprieve comes after a TRA decision in August to suspend certain BlackBerry services, citing security reasons.<br /><br />UAE’s leading telecoms services provider Etisalat confirmed the lifting of the ban by sending out sms to its BlackBerry subscribers.<br /><br />"As per TRA’s notification of uninterrupted BlackBerry services in the UAE, Etisalat is pleased to confirm that all BlackBerry services will continue to operate as normal,” it said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, TRA also acknowledged "the positive engagement and collaboration of Research In Motion" (RIM, the Canadian owner of BlackBerry)" in reaching this regulatory compliant outcome".<br /><br />After the reprieve in UAE, Blackberry Services faces threat of a ban in India, if it it fails to come out with a solution to allow security agencies lawful access to encrypted data in BlackBerry's popular messenger and enterprise-mail services.<br /><br />On August 31, the Indian government allowed it two months time to comply with its directive and address its security concerns.<br /><br />However, BlackBerry makers in a letter to Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar early this month refused to provide an intercepting technology for its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), saying it had provided options to Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) within India's existing techno-legal framework.<br /><br />While cautioning the government that any ban of their core services will be counterproductive and futile, it suggested formation of a joint consultative forum to evolve procedures to intercept these popular services.<br /><br />There are a million BlackBerry users in India.</p>
<p>In a statement released on Friday, TRA said: "All Blackberry services in the UAE will continue to operate as normal and no suspension of service will occur on October 11."<br /><br />The reprieve comes after a TRA decision in August to suspend certain BlackBerry services, citing security reasons.<br /><br />UAE’s leading telecoms services provider Etisalat confirmed the lifting of the ban by sending out sms to its BlackBerry subscribers.<br /><br />"As per TRA’s notification of uninterrupted BlackBerry services in the UAE, Etisalat is pleased to confirm that all BlackBerry services will continue to operate as normal,” it said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, TRA also acknowledged "the positive engagement and collaboration of Research In Motion" (RIM, the Canadian owner of BlackBerry)" in reaching this regulatory compliant outcome".<br /><br />After the reprieve in UAE, Blackberry Services faces threat of a ban in India, if it it fails to come out with a solution to allow security agencies lawful access to encrypted data in BlackBerry's popular messenger and enterprise-mail services.<br /><br />On August 31, the Indian government allowed it two months time to comply with its directive and address its security concerns.<br /><br />However, BlackBerry makers in a letter to Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar early this month refused to provide an intercepting technology for its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), saying it had provided options to Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) within India's existing techno-legal framework.<br /><br />While cautioning the government that any ban of their core services will be counterproductive and futile, it suggested formation of a joint consultative forum to evolve procedures to intercept these popular services.<br /><br />There are a million BlackBerry users in India.</p>