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Indian Government asks more from RIM

By | September 6, 2010

The security agencies in India have already started putting to test BlackBerry’s messenger service. But now, its maker Research In Motion (RIM) has been asked by India to provide technical solution to intercept its enterprise mailing service, which provides a private virtual networking among a group of people.

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Official sources said the BlackBerry has provided a technological facility of intercepting its Messenger service between two handsets after providing the Personal Index Number (PIN).

The security agencies were asking the intercepting provisions provided by the Canadian smart phone manufacturer. This provision is needed for intercepting BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). A detailed report on the same would be submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs later.

The sources said that while some delay had been noticed in the getting the intercepts, the BlackBerry manufacturers had assured them of getting a real time intercepts with very less human interface once the cloud computing environment was put in place.

The Department of Telecom and the security agencies are now looking forward for a technical solution to be provided by the smart phone maker for intercepting the BlackBerry Enterprise Service under which a private virtual network is created within the server between a group of individuals who can exchange emails without getting intercepted, they said.

“There will be no discrimination. All networks operating in India will have to give access to their services to law enforcement agencies,” a senior Home Ministry official said.

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