India gives BlackBerry more time before ban starts
The BlackBerry services ban has been delayed for at least two months as the Indian government gives Research in Motion more time to comply with it’s requests.
BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion and India’s government have avoided a confrontation by agreeing to extend talks over intelligence agency access to BlackBerry services for another two months.
The Indian Government had set a Tuesday deadline for corporate e-mail and messaging services on BlackBerry to be shut down if the Canadian company did not agree to the demand, but a home affairs ministry statement said that “RIM have made certain proposals for lawful access by law enforcement agencies.” The situation will be “reviewed” in 60 days, the ministry said.
RIM has previously said that India’s demands for access to its encrypted BlackBerry Enterprise Server email service was not possible because customers control the service’s security codes. Over the weekend, however, talks took place between Jim Balsillie, RIM’s co-chief executive, and home affairs officials.
India has recently begun to insist that its security agencies should have access to all communications in the country, which has prompted Nokia to say that it will install a server in India to handle communications from its messaging service by November.
The governments of Saudi Arabia and other nations also fear Blackberry devices could become a tool to plan militant attacks or for those breaking Islamic laws.
The Indian department of telecommunications is now set to prepare a report on a long-term solution under which RIM would locate a server in India. BlackBerry currently has 1 million Indian subscribers and 46 million around the world.
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