Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry smart phone, on Monday said it will filter websites in Indonesia very soon following the government’s threat to curtail its services in the country if it fails to block access to pornographic sites.

The Canadian company said it has taken the matter seriously and that it has accorded top priority to implement technical solutions satisfactorily very soon.

Research In Motion said it is also in talks with its partners and the government on the issue.

The Toronto-based smart phone maker has been given a two-week deadline to block access to websites or face imposition of curbs by Tifatul Sembiring, Indonesian communications and information technology minister, leading to protests on microblogging site Twitter.

If RIM still doesn't block porn sites by then, users won't be able to use the RIM service to browse the Internet. But they can use the company's other services, an AFP report quoting ministry spokesman Gatot Dewabrata said.

Officials of the ministry will meet the company officials on January 17 to discuss the matter, the spokesman said.

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and India have complained about difficulties monitoring communication via smart phones and this row is the latest in a series of controversies that Research In Motion is facing.

Indonesia, which is the world’s fourth most populous country, has more than two million BlackBerry users with about 40 million Internet users in a country of 240 million people. Indonesia is seen as a major emerging market for information technology and mobile communications.

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