<p>Saudi Arabia's telecoms regulator has threatened to block messaging apps such as Skype, WhatsApp and Viber over security concerns, according to Al Arabiya.</p><p>The Saudi Telecommunications and Information Technology Commission is pushing the country's mobile operators to work with the app providers so that messaging can be monitored.</p><p>The operators have been given until the end of this week by the regulator to respond, the report said. If they do not come up with a means to enable surveillance then the regulator will consider blocking the apps altogether.</p><p>The situation looks like a rerun of the security crackdown initiated by the kingdom in 2010 when it insisted on accessing and monitoring the BlackBerry instant messaging service.</p><p><a href="http://www.mobileworldlive.com/saudi-regulator-threatens-messaging-apps-report">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/saudi-arabia-may-ban-voip-and-messaging-services-1.1162801">Saudi Arabia may ban VOIP</a> (gulfnews.com)</p><p><a href="http://zeenews.india.com/news/net-news/saudi-arabia-likely-to-ban-messaging-apps_837694.html">Saudi Arabia likely to ban messaging apps</a> (Zee News)</p><p><a href="http://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/saudi-skype-whatsapp-viber-479608">What's 'appening? Saudi threatens to block popular messaging apps</a> (Al-Bawaba)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dP11EpBfCFep5UM3iMw89QQXW1nLM&ned=us">33 additional articles.</a></p>