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Friday, August 13, 2010

BlackBerry Services in Pakistan

Blackberry services are offered by Research In Motion Rim Canada. These services were introduced by Mobilink an Orascom Company first time in Pakistan.
BlackBerry Service is a potential danger to our security and privacy. The Blackberry service is operated via blackberry servers. There are two types of services majorly offered to customers via a telecom operator. Blackberry Internet Service and Blackberry Enterprise Service commonly called as BIS and BES.

Both of the services rely on blackberry infrastructure. Every mail that comes in your current email account a copy will be sent to blackberry mail server and by using the push mail technology the mail is delivered to the customer's handheld. It is again a detail that how message is delivered, it is ofcourse the solution is developed for ease of user and minimum usage of bandwidth along with more features.

The potential threat is our security agencies in Pakistan are using this service. Today almost every telecom operator is offering blackberry services. I have also worked for blackberry for one of the famous operators in Islamic Republic of Pakistan. I personally helped a very high official of ISPR to configure his device. Furthermore I helped many times the ministers for getting their emails on blackberry.

Personally I know the system is open for those who are offering these services. No one can penetrate the system easily to get the email as this is highly secure over the server and solution is capable enough for any tracking or manipulating with emails but every email for every customer is stored in blackberry servers. These servers are residing outside Islamic Republic of Pakistan. We are well aware of american and jewish policies but still we are not capable enough to understand their minds and moves. We should ask blackberry company the Research In Motion to demonstrate the whole process of email system. Furthermore this service should be developed and deployed solely for Pakistan. The mailing server and whole infrastructure should be deployed in Pakistan and this system should work autonomously having no link or dependability over the system in Canada or America.

We should ask for customized solution depending on the needs of customers. The telecom operators must be aware enough to handle such situations and they should inform the relevant government agencies about the facts. Moreover the terrorism in Islamic Republic of Pakistan is always a point to criticism for other countries. Our agencies must have access to blackberry servers those being used by Islamic Republic of Pakistan's telecom operators so that they could have a check on any ambiguous activity. If the email system is secure then its secure for terrorists as well. The access is as simple as of tapping a call or getting a location of some specific person.

India is going to ban Blackberry services if the company could not satisfy their questions. This is actually called open eyed people.

Our government must think about the serious issue and call a meeting with all telecom operators who are offering blackberry services to make sure the service is in secure hands.

We strongly need open minded and opened eyed people in Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

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