BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has struck a deal with officials in India that will allow it to continue to operate in the country, for now. According to a statement by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs, the two parties will conduct a 60-day trial of access methods that RIM has proposed so that the Ministry can monitor communications sent on RIM devices. The government needs such access to adequately conduct antiterrorist activities, it said.
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India to Give RIM's Data-Monitoring Solution a Whirl
Posted by: Kimberly Hill August 31, 2010 07:00 AMBlackBerry maker Research In Motion has struck a deal with officials in India that will allow it to continue to operate in the country, for now. According to a statement by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs, the two parties will conduct a 60-day trial of access methods that RIM has proposed so that the Ministry can monitor communications sent on RIM devices. The government needs such access to adequately conduct antiterrorist activities, it said.