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You might remember that lengthy spat carriers were enjoying with the Indian government a few months back regarding e-mail security. The long and short of it was that RIM’s e-mail system was too secure, and because the government couldn’t crack into transmissions, it posed a potential threat. Carriers faced a BlackBerry lock-down, which in turn dragged both RIM and the Canadian government into the whole affair. Options were discussed, such as outsourcing the decryption process to third parties, or building RIM servers in India, but no solid resolution was reached. Eventually, the government allowed limited BlackBerry use while the situation was investigated further.
Well, it sounds like after a lot of work, the government has completed decompression testing across all local carriers, including Vodafone-Essar, Bharti Airtel, Reliance and BPL, so now hopefully business can return to usual. Enterprise services weren’t touched, which works out alright since BES services are already pretty nicely locked-down.
Thanks Josep!
[via Economic Times]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
