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BlackBerry announced this week that it wouldn’t be ceasing operations in Pakistan after all, following the successful resolution of a dispute with the country’s government. Had the issues regarding user data not been resolved, the Canadian phone maker would have had to stop operations in Pakistan by dec 30.
“After productive discussions, the Government of Pakistan has rescinded its shutdown order, and BlackBerry has decided to remain in the Pakistan market,” said the company’s Chief Operations Officer Marty Beard in a prepared statement.
“We are grateful to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and the Pakistani government for accepting BlackBerry’s position that we cannot provide the content of our customers’ BES traffic, nor will we provide access to our BES servers.”
In July, the Pakistani government asked BlackBerry to allow it access to all types of encrypted traffic that goes through its servers, on grounds of security reasons. The struggling phone maker chose not to comply with the demand, leading to the protracted dispute and the request that local carriers cease the use of BES.
The Pakistan dispute was also similar to a much longer battle with Indian government officials that started in 2011 and ended in 2013. While BlackBerry had eventually agreed to give India access to user messages and emails on its Messenger service, it still refused to comply with its request to turn in BES emails and messages.
“After productive discussions, the Government of Pakistan has rescinded its shutdown order, and BlackBerry has decided to remain in the Pakistan market,” said the company’s Chief Operations Officer Marty Beard in a prepared statement.
“We are grateful to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and the Pakistani government for accepting BlackBerry’s position that we cannot provide the content of our customers’ BES traffic, nor will we provide access to our BES servers.”
In July, the Pakistani government asked BlackBerry to allow it access to all types of encrypted traffic that goes through its servers, on grounds of security reasons. The struggling phone maker chose not to comply with the demand, leading to the protracted dispute and the request that local carriers cease the use of BES.
The Pakistan dispute was also similar to a much longer battle with Indian government officials that started in 2011 and ended in 2013. While BlackBerry had eventually agreed to give India access to user messages and emails on its Messenger service, it still refused to comply with its request to turn in BES emails and messages.
