Jakarta – A day before its deadline, Research In Motion was able to install the filters necessary to block access to pornography through its ubiquitous BlackBerry devices in Indonesia.

"Thank God RIM has begun to block top-ranked pornographic Web sites with Nawala," Communication and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring said on Thursday. He was referring to DNS Nawala project, a local DNS filtering service.

"Today those sites cannot be accessed through Blackberry. This is a great start," Tifatul added.

RIM on Monday agreed to block access to porn sites after Tifatul gave the Canada-based company a two-week timeline to do so. The deadline was Friday. RIM also agreed to filter negative contents through its web-browsing platforms.

Tifatul, who drew sharp criticisms from Blackberry users online for his demands, sent out a "4 thumbs up" message through his Twitter account in response to RIM's decision to comply with Indonesia's Anti-Pornography Law.

"If [RIM] wants to do business in Indonesia they must uphold the law. The ministry's move is to protect Blackberry consumers in Indonesia through after-sales services. Parents will also stop worrying about their children who use Blackberry," the minister said.

The Canadian company said in a statement that it would develop its market and investment in Indonesia by cooperating with Blackberry distributors and developers throughout Indonesia.

"We shall see if RIM is committed in keeping those promises," Tifatul said.