2015-12-06

BlackBerry to exit Pakistan

BlackBerry has decided not to operate in Pakistan after Dec. 30, rather than let the local government intercept communications on its enterprise services.
It just plain stupid for a country to pressurize any IT company to a level, that they decide to leave and take their operations with them.  Reminds me of Google and their China's exit.

Net result:

  • The country still doesn't have the backdoors they wanted
  • Some people will lose their jobs when the company closes their doors
  • It's a long lasting deterrent for any new IT companies exploring to come in

Update 09-Jan-16:
Thankfully better sense prevails, and the govt backs off.

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