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UAE telecom operators finding alternatives to BlackBerry
Users had not yet started to move to alternative smartphones or to cancel BlackBerry subscriptions, says du officer
- By Nadia Saleem, Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:00 September 22, 2010
- Image Credit: Bloomberg
- The UAE plans to suspend some BlackBerry services from October unless it gains access to the communications.
Dubai: The UAE's two telecom operators, etisalat and du, have offered alternatives to their customers in anticipation of the possible cancellation of the BlackBerry service under Telecommunication Regulatory Authority directives.
Fareed Faraidouni, du's chief commercial officer, said a new mobile plan just launched was not in anticipation of this, and that there was no noticeable change in customer behaviour.
Users had not yet started to move to alternative smartphones or to cancel BlackBerry subscriptions, he said.
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