Saudi Arabia is witnessed to be on the verge of suspending BlackBerry services. Reports have claimed that the services will be taken off on Friday.

The Government has decided to withdraw BlackBerry services in its overtly conservative Muslim kingdom following security concerns across the Middle East and areas of Asia linked to it.

However, telecommunications authorities are yet to announce as exactly when the ban will come in effect.

Many BlackBerry users belonging to Saudi Arabia are confused whether they will be able to access messaging services on Friday morning.

The kingdom possesses nearly 700,000 BlackBerry subscribers.

Also, Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission has revealed that it has sent orders to the country's three mobile phone providers to call off BlackBerry services on their network or else they have to shell out a 1.3-million-dollar fine.

The order to end these services emerged following the United Arab Emirates announcement to call off the messenger, email and web browsing services of BlackBerrys in the Gulf state on October 11 in a bid to ensure robust security.

"The way BlackBerry services are provided currently does not meet the regulatory criteria of the commission and the licensing conditions", the regulator posted in a statement.