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Oh No! India May Still Ban The BlackBerry

April 11, 2008 by Robb Dunewood 2 Comments

We aren’t going to run through the complete play by play, however, to make a long story short, Research in Motion still hasn’t adequately addressed India’s department of telecommunications (DoT) concerns about security on the BlackBerry and thus faces a potential ban in the world’s second largest country.

The DoT wants a monitoring solution that will allow them to read the encrypted messages sent between BlackBerry devices. RIM’s solution addressed BlackBerry to Internet communication, however, BlackBerry to BlackBerry messages are still encrypted. RIM had been given a 15 day deadline to come up with a solution, however, RIM and the DoT failed to come a consensus. Both parties decided to reconvene again on April 21st.

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  1. Simon says

    April 11, 2008 at 11:12 am

    The source we cited was a bit more optimistic about the situation, claiming RIM was likely going to help the DoT legally intercept data.

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  2. bluehorseshoe says

    April 14, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    Well, there goes my plan on buying some real estate over in India.

    Seriously though, I wonder how the governments stance on BB security affects those who visit the country on business and have BB devices. Do they make it through customs?

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