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Aug 8, 2010 by News Hunter
After the ban on BlackBerry services by the Saudi government (should have in place today), Dutch start Nimbuzz said the new registrations in this country have increased dramatically – from 200 days before the announcement of the ban to 35,000 days today and Thursday.
Unlike BlackBerry-maker RIM, Nimbuzz offers no additional security beyond the service that adds, presumably dodging the questions that the idiot who caused the problem in Saudi Arabia. This conflict has led to RIM with the Saudi government, which wants to monitor communications for security purposes. Nimbuzz allows free access for mobile users and instant messaging through services like Skype, Facebook, MSN, Yahoo and Google Talk. RIM sales email and instant messaging, and data communications paths BlackBerry through their servers in Canada.
There are about 700,000 BlackBerry users in Saudi Arabia, 80 percent are consumers rather than business users. Nimbuzz could not give an exact figure on the total number of BlackBerry users in Saudi Nimbuzz, but today it is estimated that more than 100,000. The company is also seeing a jump in the records of other countries that have imposed a ban or planned, such as the United Arab Emirates.
RIM is currently negotiating with the Saudi government to solve the problem, for example, the location of some of its servers in the country. The UAE will block all e-mails and text messages from BlackBerry October 11. Algeria, Lebanon, India and Indonesia are among the other countries would consider a ban.
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