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BlackBerry, other services under DoT scanner

By Indo Asian News Service | Updated: 8 June 2012 17:41 IST

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Not only Blackberry, but other such messenger services are now under the telecom department scanner too; the matter is also being discussed with the home ministry.

Not only Blackberry, but other such messenger services are now under the telecom department scanner too; the matter is also being discussed with the home ministry.

"We are in dialogue with the home ministry separately, so it will be between the two departments to do whatever is necessary as far as the interception is concerned," said Telecom Secretary R. Chandrasekhar.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has repeatedly said that there is no possibility of providing India access to corporate emails as its technological make-up did not allow it to provide keys to accounts of customers using such services.

"We cannot give a solution to enterprise services, it's not possible to do so because the keys of that service are in the possession of the corporate enterprises," Research in Motion vice-president (industry and government relations), Robert E. Crow told reporters on his recent visit to the country.

Chandrasekhar also said that a separate set of discussions are being carried out on other similar services with reference to amenability and interception.

However, he denied setting any deadline of March 31 for RIM. He said that DoT is yet to send any communication to the operators.

The Indian government has asked RIM for access to all BlackBerry services, expressing concern over possible use of its services by terrorists and anti-social elements. The government had also threatened RIM that it will ban its services if the company denied access to its messenger and corporate communication services.

The Canadian firm, which earlier this month had given India access to its messenger service, had also said that it was confident that it met the requirements of the government.

RIM has over 1 million customers in India.

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