Unfortunately, BlackBerry’s were already on sale before the country introduced its safety emergency and national security legislation in 2007.
The region's telecoms regulator was concerned that certain BlackBerry applications allow people to misuse the service and that this misuse may have "serious social, judicial and national security repercussions".
Currently BlackBerry operates beyond the jurisdiction of national legislation as it is the only device operating in the UAE that instantly exports and stores its data offshore that is also managed by a foreign, commercial organisation.
The UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has taken issue with the encrypted networks used. These make it difficult for governments to monitor communications.
Etisalat is a major telecommunications firm based in the UAE, and has 145,000 BlackBerry users on its books.
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