The ban of the BlackBerry services in India was anticipated to start on Tuesday yet has been postponed awaiting a 3-month security trial.
The announcement was made on Monday by India’s home affairs department.
Research In Motion (RIM), BlackBerry’s manufacturer has been is meeting with the government of India for the past few weeks. The argument is closed in contention regarding how much access that India must obtain to RIM’s encrypted messaging as well as email services.
In case the ban will be implemented, it will have a bigger complexity in India, which is actually considered one of the fastest developing telecommunications market worldwide.
According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, about 600 million Indians are using cell phones and almost 1 million of those users use BlackBerries. If RIM will be ban in India, it will affect some of the services it provides and might have difficulty in attracting clients.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs in India posted a short, obscure statement on its site on Monday stating RIM had agreed to particular proposals for allowable access by the law enforcement firms.
The Department of Telecommunication of India stated that it would review the possibility of tendering local BlackBerry services by means of a server in India only. The government is expecting for the report within 3 months and the Ministry of Home Affairs will likewise study case.
The issue was linked to the attacked 2008 attacked in Mumbai by suspected Pakistani militants leaving over 160 individuals perished.
The telecommunication operators in India appear to be bordering their actions. They are trying to work on other strategies that will not lose the services of BlackBerry particularly in regarding that RIM was able to create concessions and offer an agreement with Saudi Arabia to prevent the ban.
On other news, United Arab Emirates is likewise pressuring the BlackBerry maker by discontinuing their services if it will not permit the access of encrypted data.
