BlackBerry to quit Pakistan over government surveillance demands
BlackBerry has decided not to operate in Pakistan after Dec. 30, rather than let the local government intercept communications on its enterprise services.
The Pakistani government wanted the ability to monitor all BlackBerry Enterprise Service traffic in the country, including every BES email and BES BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) message, BlackBerry's Chief Operating Officer Marty Beard wrote in a blog post on Monday.
BlackBerry has been under pressure in many countries including neighboring India to provide access to data on its enterprise services to law enforcement.
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