Blackberry is to cease all its operations in Pakistan following disagreements with the Pakistani government over intrusions into user privacy rights.
The Canadian phone firm announced in a blog post that it had decided to “exit the market altogether” because the government wanted to monitor every message and email sent from its phones.
Blackberry’s Enterprise servers, which provide encrypted data and communications services to BlackBerry mobile phones, have been banned by the government meaning the company would have to allow “unfretted access” to its customers’ data.
On 30 December, the server ban in the region will come into effect at which point Blackberry Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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