(FT) -- The Saudi authorities have agreed to delay until Monday a ban blocking the instant messaging services offered by BlackBerry, the Saudi press agency reported on Sunday.
The delay on the ban has been allowed pending the testing of a server based in the kingdom bypassing the two servers currently operated by RIM, Blackberry's owner, in Britain and Canada.
"Three servers are being tested, one for each of the three mobile operators. We're waiting for feedback [from the telecoms firms]," an official from the Communications and Information Technology Commission's technical department told Reuters.
A banker based in Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that his BlackBerry was still working but that it had shut down briefly on Friday morning. It was not clear whether the Friday shutdown was a glitch or whether it was caused by testing of a new server, he said. CNN
