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— 7days.ae —
The race is on for UAE retailers to cash in on the cancellation of the BlackBerry ban and pick up new users, following the Telecoms Regulatory Authority’s (TRA) weekend announcement.The head of a major UAE retailer told 7DAYS that his company plans to sell the BlackBerry Torch and Pearl models at GITEX after recent Dubai launch parties of the smartphones were “postponed indefinitely” as the ban loomed. “It is going to be a GITEX launch and the timing has worked well for that... In the back of my mind I was always hoping it would be resolved,” said Ashish Panjabi, CEO of Jacky’s Electronics.
The TRA released a statement on Friday, three days before the ban deadline, that said “all Blackberry services in the UAE will continue to operate as normal and no suspension of service will occur” and that “Blackberry services are now compliant with the UAE’s telecoms regulatory framework”.
No details were given on any agreement BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion (RIM) had reached with the TRA.
Milan Sallaba, a UAE-based telecoms expert, said it is most likely the TRA has been granted access to RIM’s encryption - similar to resolutions found in other countries.
He added however, that there is also a possibility the UAE “has backed down and has said let’s continue as it was, although that is somewhat unlikely”.
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