Blackberry services to be discontinued in India?

[Sushubh]

The Intelligence Bureau said it was satisfied with the interception solution provided by RIM for its internet services, but said it was still unable to open files in the 'jpeg format'. "The RIM representative assured that the company would provide the solution for this type of attachments also by January 31, 2011," the minutes of the meet added.

RIM seeks two years to address security concerns - The Economic Times

 

[amish]

I think now RIM should be banned, for playing around with government.

 

[Sushubh]

the government should be banned for playing around with customer's feelings.

 

[dsneih]

i too agree with them .. just ban them .. we already provided enough time to them .. just heardco from gurgaon started Bharat Berry .. which will work on blackberry models .. its something like black berry only for emails

 

[Sushubh]

heh. RIM is now being asked to censor web content on Blackberry in Indonesia.

BlackBerry to be Censored In Indonesia - WSJ.com

 

[dsneih]

last dead line was of 31st jan .. so what next ???????????again new dead line ??? but blackberry says they are not in position to provide access of enterprise customer .....wondering is they have same policy in us ???????

 

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[dsneih]

Govt seeks encryption keys for RIM's corporate email service by March 31

 

[Sushubh]

After seeking an extension of deadlines for nearly a year, RIM finally came up with a plan for real-time interception of its BlackBerry Messenger and BlackBerry Enterprise services. The solution is being tested by the DoT and sleuths from various security agencies have also been asked to give their opinion on the solution, official sources said.



The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Gadgets : BlackBerry solution to intercept services being tested by DoT

 

[sTrOnTiaBOnd]

No secrets on BlackBerry: Govt gets its way on tapping popular messenger service : India News - India Today
The government took a call in the matter more than 18 months ago. Now, it has deciphered the mechanics of enabling security agencies to police the one million-strong exclusive preserve of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) users in India.
Consequently, BlackBerry smartphone owners - who were interception-secure all these days - will have to brace for an invasion of their privacy. Their messenger service can be lawfully tapped citing security concerns.


Read more at: No secrets on BlackBerry: Govt gets its way on tapping popular messenger service : India News - India Today

blackberry buckled.No more privacy for RIM users.

 

[mhsabir]

Time to start rearing pigeons, eh?