Rais Yatim assures no ban of BlackBerry in Malaysia

Just couple of months back, talks of BlackBerry Ban in Malaysia was hot in the midst of banning by Saudi and Indian government. At first, our very own Minister ruled out such ban in Malaysia but later issued a statement that MCMC is gathering detail information of BlackBerry service in order to see a ban is required here as well.

They were suppose to get back on their conclusion during that “week“. So far there was no mention about BlackBerry Ban and the rest of us moved on as if nothing had happened. We have always wondered what was the outcome of their “info gathering” as they left everybody in Limbo.

Now there’s a new update from Parliament. While replying to an enquiry by Selayang MP, Rais Yatim says that there is no plan to restrict Blackberry usage as they are convinced with its security in terms of data storage and transfer. After having discussions with RIM, he assured that users can continue to use BlackBerry services especially when it offers tremendous benefits to the business community. He also added that RIM expressed readiness to cooperate with our Malaysian government to obtain information and channel for continued use of the service.

BlackBerry users can now breathe a sigh of relief, unless of course the government starts lingering with the idea of banning again.

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