he government today said the makers of BlackBerry - Research in Motion (RIM) - has given an assurance to it on soon addressing its security concerns and hoped that the Canadian service provider and security agencies would be on the "same page".
"BlackBerry has assured the Ministry of Home Affairs 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 Secretary RPT Secretary (InternalSecurity) in the MHA Utthan Kumar Bansal told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
Government has already warned the popular smartphone company that if it does not allow it to monitor emails and SMSes to addresssecurity 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 |
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