BlackBerry service is facing limits or bans in some countries over the issue of government access to information on its network.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

This week,the United Arab Emirates announced it would block BlackBerry e-mail,web browsing and instant messenger services on October eleventh.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

The ban in the UAE could affect half a million BlackBerry users while Saudi Arabia has about seven hundred thousand users.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

And we serve them with a trio of dipping sauces -- chocolate,ginger cream cheese and a blackberry jam."

VOA: special.2010.04.12

But Middle Eastern countries are not the only ones seeking greater access to BlackBerry information.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

Annetta Cheek says the terms of use for a Blackberry are impossible to understand.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

On Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States will hold talks with the UAE and other countries about possible bans on BlackBerry services.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

She drives an environmentally friendly hybrid and checks her e-mail on a BlackBerry.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

Communications are made secure the moment they leave the BlackBerry device through encryption.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

Governments,big corporations and individuals use BlackBerry devices because they are highly secure.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

One of the WonderMark entries comes from the communications company, Blackberry.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Research in Motion,or RIM, based in Waterloo,Canada, makes BlackBerry communications devices.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

Then,Saudi Arabia said it would block BlackBerry service this week.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

BlackBerry has forty-six million users worldwide.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

The announcement of a ban on BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates is having a chilling effect on sales.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

Unlike Apple and Nokia smartphones, the data sent over Research in Motion's BlackBerry is encrypted and stored abroad.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

And suddenly within the past few days, the Saudis said, "Oh,well,maybe we won't ban BlackBerry use after all."

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

He says the difference is that the BlackBerry's reputation is based on its strong data protection.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

The United Arab Emirates announced on Sunday that it will suspend BlackBerry Messenger,or BBM, as well as email and mobile browsing services starting in October.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

A Saudi Arabian official has said that BlackBerry's messaging service might be blocked there.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

"So the fact that the UAE is pressuring RIM to essentially create a back door around its encryption, may actually threaten the reputation of BlackBerry as the most secure smartphone platform."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

It's really been in the wake of the al-Mabhouh thing that the talk has really translated into concrete action and some of these governments have really started to get very tough on RIM, the company behind BlackBerry.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

I don't know if that's true, but that's what we hear. And the Indians are very,very worked up about this and say,"Well,you know, the Chinese have had this capability to listen in on BlackBerry communications for years- there's a double standard."

VOA: standard.2010.08.11