RIM has been grappling with the government for couple of years, reiterated that it cannot provide access to its enterprise email and messaging services as the company itself does not possess the encryption keys for the same and these remain in the control of its corporate clients
"RIM is providing an appropriate lawful access solution that enables India's telecom operators to be legally compliant with respect to their BlackBerry consumer traffic, to the same degree as other smartphone providers in India, but this does not extend to secure BlackBerry enterprise communications," said Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM in a statement.
RIM gave India access to its services, including BBM services, in January last year after authorities raised security concerns, but said it could not allow monitoring of its enterprise email.
The Indian government is fearful that encrypted BlackBerry services could be used to allow terrorists to organize or carry out attacks.
RIM services are Secure and Encrypted:David Paterson(RIM's head of government relations)
''The fact is that BlackBerry enterprise communications in India remain secure and encrypted. No change has been made or ever can be made in India"
RIM has also faced similar political pressures in the Middle East countries.RIM also blocked pornographic sites on its browsers in Indonesia last year due to government pressure.
(Via:Reuters)
