Research In Motion’s popular BlackBerry smartphone has recently fallen beneath the gaze of India’s security agencies in light of concerns raised regarding the apparent inability to trace or intercept e-mail messages sent through its services.
Indian authorities deny that BlackBerry services are to be banned following security issues. Credit: Delgaudm/Flickr.
Indeed, those growing concerns have recently led to speculation that BlackBerry services may well be facing a complete ban in the country. That rumour has now been officially quashed (for the time being) by India’s telecoms ministry.
This past Friday, Telecoms Secretary Siddhartha Behura revealed to gathered reporters at an industry conference that there “is no question of banning at this point” regarding the scrutinized BlackBerry services. He also outlined that the telecoms ministry is “very keen” that the services continue throughout the country.
Similarly, Telecoms Minister Andimuthu Raja echoed Behura’s points by stating belief suggests that the situation will soon be resolved and that “interactions are going on with various stakeholders including the home ministry,” to find an answer to the security gap.
India’s department of telecoms has already relayed its e-mail security concerns to Research In Motion at the tail end of last week ahead of meeting with officials from the four mobile phone operators that provide BlackBerry services across the country.
“We want operators to talk to BlackBerry people and put pressure on them to provide the necessary and satisfactory answers to security agencies.” added Behura in a Reuters report. “That is what we are talking to them [about].”
Research In Motion has not yet issued a formal comment regarding India’s security worries or how the problem can be best addressed in order to keep BlackBerry services running smoothly in the region.
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