JOIN US “BlackBerry has assured the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) that the issue of monitoring of the BlackBerry will be sorted out soon...I am sure we will soon be on the same page and our concerns will be addressed,” Special Security in the MHA Utthan Kumar Bansal told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
The government has already warned the popular smartphone company that if it does not allow it to monitor emails and SMSes to address security concerns, it will have to close down operations in the country, spelling trouble for over a million BlackBerry users in
India.
The government has said the RIM will have to address its security-related issues by allowing monitoring facility in India.
Bansal said the Department of Telecommunication was the nodal authority which makes the policy and it was working to address the issue raised by the MHA.
The ministry has asked DoT to tell the company in no uncertain terms that its emails and other data services must comply with formats that can be monitored by security and intelligence agencies. There are reports that China has got a server in that country and the MHA asked the DoT to check whether it is true.
The government also wants a BlackBerry server in India but the company has been resisting the move. Once the server is in India, it will be easier to track the messages.