That's beginning to crumble. Their ability to tap and decrypt no doubt applies to all services. The Reuters link above has much to trouble those who put their trust in RIM. It's clear that intelligence agencies simply won't allow communications to exist unless can be tapped, that's simply the nature of the beast.

Sounds like someone not only wants to spy on their businessmen, they want to carve themselves a bit of mobile phone business:

Step 1: Kill the competition to make a hole in the market.

Step 2: Fill said hole with 'home grown' product that does the same job, whilst having security holes all over.

Step 3: Profit.

Since the UAE and SA have been rattling cages (as repressive regimes, it no surprise), India can jump on the bandwagon and get away with a little chinese-like protectionism.

Anyone know if you can provide Blackberry like push email via an Android app? Preferably without changing the back end. Seems like there will soon be a ready market for a secure biz-friendly Blackberrish solution.