RIM has somehow come in terms with the government of Saudi Arabia regarding the ban on BlackBerry services in the country. Saudi Arabia was about to ban the BlackBerry Service and some other Internet related features of the BlackBerry smartphones due to security reasons, given that they are worried terrorists would coordinate their activities through the means of RIM’s services which wasn’t monitored by the government.

The service was actually downed for four hours, but somehow it miraculously came back alive. A press release later on showed that RIM has given a solution for the Arabian government and their cellular provider to test.

The agreement would involve placing a BlackBerry server inside Saudi Arabia to allow the government to monitor messages and allay official fears the service could be used for criminal purposes, the official said.

Whatever the case may be, with a BlackBerry ban impending in the UAE and others looming in India, Indonesia, and Algeria, a quick compromise in Saudi Arabia—as long as that compromise doesn’t involve RIM handing over user’s security keys to the government—is a good sign. We would expect other states to follow up after Saudi Arabia had their feat of tests.

[BBC via Gizmodo]