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In April 2009, RIM’s fledgling BlackBerry App World virtual storefront offered PayPal as its sole billing mechanism. RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said back then, to the great relief of telcos, that it was working to introduce carrier billing options sometime in the future. Then, only last month, Vodafone announced at Mobile World Congress that it had entered into an agreement with Research In Motion (RIM) to provide operator billing for BlackBerry App World sometime later this year. Vodafone’s...

The United Arab Emirates has outlined plans to block BlackBerry email, messaging and Web browsing services, citing a potential security threat because encrypted data sent on the devices is moved abroad where it cannot be monitored for illegal activity. The decision raises questions about the further control of content deemed politically or morally objectionable by governments in the region. This argument could be supported by the fact Saudi Arabia immediately followed the UAE move. BlackBerry phones...