Still negotiating but firm on Oct 11 deadline

“Negotiations are on. We cannot announce the details. But so far no concrete solutions have been reached,” said the official.

TRA on Tuesday said it is sticking to its deadline given to BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) although negotiations with the Canada-based manufacturer are continuing. A spokesperson for the TRA told Emirates 24|7 that TRA’s position is that BlackBerry services would be stopped from October 11 as earlier announced. Meanwhile, several BlackBerry users said they are already experiencing difficulties with using the Messenger service. But as all has been saying we lately have been experiencing constant problems with the service. It takes almost 25 to 30 minutes to reach the recipient. The lag time is too high and sometimes the system itself freezes. It has been happening for the last one week.