Wednesday, January 30, 2013

UAE telecoms may block BlackBerry voice service

DUBAI--Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM.T. RIMM) is in last ditch talks with telecom operators in the United Arab Emirates to provide its BlackBerry Messenger Voice service to customers and avoid launching the new BlackBerry 10 operating system in Dubai without the popular feature.

BlackBerry Messenger Voice, a service that allows free phone calls over Wi-Fi, has become a sticking point for RIM and Dubai-based Du Telecom and Abu Dhabi-based Etisalat Telecommunications Corp., as the telecom operators try to mitigate the adverse effect on traditional revenue streams from free messaging and voice services.

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