Blackberry allows India access to BBM

Acceding to India’s security concerns, Canada-based Research in Motion (RIM)—the maker of BlackBerry smart phones—has finally set up a ‘server’ in Mumbai to provide a mechanism for lawful interception of its messenger services. By setting up the server in India, RIM has dropped its reluctance to make an exception to its policy of securing communication from any real-time interception. The department of telecommunication has asked Nokia to follow suit so that its push mails can be legally tracked as and when required by security agencies. For the last couple of years, the Manmohan Singh government has been pressing RIM to provide a mechanism to intercept its messenger and enterprise services as security agencies had pointed to the use of such means by terror groups plotting attacks in India.