RIM, Carriers Await Saudi Regulator’s Call on BlackBerry Ban
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A Saudi Arabian wireless operator said it’s waiting for instructions from the country’s regulator on whether to shut off Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry instant messaging service as a midnight deadline approaches.
“The issue is between CITC and RIM,” Abdullah Al Hariri, a spokesman for Etihad Etisalat Co., said in an e-mail today, referring to the Communications and Information Technology Commission. “If CITC says to us stop it we will do that.”