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145874
Wed, 10/13/2010 - 08:25
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Govt asks BlackBerry to provide access to services by Dec 31
BLACKBERRY
New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) The government of India has
extended till December 31 the deadline given to Research in
Motion (RIM), maker of BlackBerry phones, to provide access to
its messenger and enterprise services to the security
agencies.
The decision has been taken by the Indian Home Ministry
after a meeting with representatives of RIM and the Ministry
of Telecommunication.
Technical discussions on the BlackBerry Messenger Service
(BMS) and BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) have been going
on between the security agencies and the RIM. The latter has
sought more time as the October 31 deadline given to the
company was approaching.
"We are satisfied with the solution provided for the
lawful interception of BMS. We want to test it for some more
time while discussions on BES are still on, hence RIM has been
given a fresh deadline," an official said.
According to the licensing conditions, service providers
are liable to put in a mechanism allowing security agencies to
intercept any conversation or message of any subscriber
whenever required.
As telecom service providers like Airtel, Vodafone, RCom,
the Tatas and the government-run BSNL and MTNL are offering
BlackBerry services, it is the responsibility of these
operators to ensure that the security agencies get access to
all services they offer.
RIM representatives explained that BlackBerry mobile
device sends encrypted emails, which are sent to BlackBerry
Enterprise Server located with the service provider.
BES decrypts messages and sends them to the email server
of the service provider where they remain stored in decrypted
form. Then they are pushed to the BlackBerry device in
encrypted form.
"We hope that final solution would be found by December
31," the official said.
As of now, voicemail, SMS and BlackBerry Internet
Services (BIS) have been made available to the law enforcement
agencies.
There are around one million BlackBerry subscribers in
India. RIM offers the BlackBerry services in 175 countries
across the globe. PTI ACB
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New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) The government of India has
extended till December 31 the deadline given to Research in
Motion (RIM), maker of BlackBerry phones, to provide access to
its messenger and enterprise services to the security
agencies.
The decision has been taken by the Indian Home Ministry
after a meeting with representatives of RIM and the Ministry
of Telecommunication.
Technical discussions on the BlackBerry Messenger Service
(BMS) and BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) have been going
on between the security agencies and the RIM. The latter has
sought more time as the October 31 deadline given to the
company was approaching.
"We are satisfied with the solution provided for the
lawful interception of BMS. We want to test it for some more
time while discussions on BES are still on, hence RIM has been
given a fresh deadline," an official said.
According to the licensing conditions, service providers
are liable to put in a mechanism allowing security agencies to
intercept any conversation or message of any subscriber
whenever required.
As telecom service providers like Airtel, Vodafone, RCom,
the Tatas and the government-run BSNL and MTNL are offering
BlackBerry services, it is the responsibility of these
operators to ensure that the security agencies get access to
all services they offer.
RIM representatives explained that BlackBerry mobile
device sends encrypted emails, which are sent to BlackBerry
Enterprise Server located with the service provider.
BES decrypts messages and sends them to the email server
of the service provider where they remain stored in decrypted
form. Then they are pushed to the BlackBerry device in
encrypted form.
"We hope that final solution would be found by December
31," the official said.
As of now, voicemail, SMS and BlackBerry Internet
Services (BIS) have been made available to the law enforcement
agencies.
There are around one million BlackBerry subscribers in
India. RIM offers the BlackBerry services in 175 countries
across the globe. PTI ACB
MHM
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message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain
proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended
recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify
the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments
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