India has joined the list of countries putting the squeeze on Research In Motion, citing security concerns as reason to give them access to the encryption technologies protecting corporate email and messaging services on the BlackBerry platform. The Indian government has reportedly given RIM until Aug. 31 to provide its security agencies access to BlackBerry services or face being cut off. RIM has reportedly capitulated to similar demands from Saudi Arabia, Russia and China and is facing demands from the United Arab Emirates to provide access to BlackBerry services.
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India Latest to Pump RIM for BlackBerry Access Info
Posted by: Richard Adhikari August 12, 2010 11:43 AMIndia has joined the list of countries putting the squeeze on Research In Motion, citing security concerns as reason to give them access to the encryption technologies protecting corporate email and messaging services on the BlackBerry platform. The Indian government has reportedly given RIM until Aug. 31 to provide its security agencies access to BlackBerry services or face being cut off. RIM has reportedly capitulated to similar demands from Saudi Arabia, Russia and China and is facing demands from the United Arab Emirates to provide access to BlackBerry services.