Indian Ministry of Telecommunications and Research in Motion (RIM) have yet to reach a decision upon the security concerns raised by the BlackBerry’s system of communication.
Indian security officials are reportedly wary of the lack of traceability of BlackBerry-delivered messages. The government’s need for an unencrypted BlackBerry message scheme was reported by many to have been delivered as a threat to shut down the network if a solution wasn’t reached. These rumors were promptly dispelled by India Telecoms Secretary Siddhartha Behura, who said a ban was out of the question.
However, there was a serious air to the communique between India’s Ministry of Telecommunications and RIM, saying that by the first week of April, the Canadian company needed to devise a way for legal interception of BlackBerry messages to take place. RIM still has not come up with an answer.
“I am hopeful of seeing a solution even before 9th, I mean some time early next week,” said T.V. Ramachandran, director general of Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI).
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