Wednesday, January 2, 2013

RIM Allows For Interception Of Consumer Messaging Services, Not Enterprise

<p>Major telecom companies in country have agreed to providing real-time intercept facilities for BlackBerry smartphones meeting a 31 December deadline set by the government.</p><p>The Department of Telecom (DoT) had set a deadline of 31 December for lawful real time legal interception of BlackBerry services after the Canadian-based manufacturer of the smart phone Research In Motion (RIM) had provided a solution for the same.</p><p>After initial reluctance from all major telecom service providers including Bharti Airtel and Tata, all the operators fell in line and installed the software for providing real-time interception of all facilities to the security agencies, sources said.</p><p>RIM, which has more than one million subscribers in India, had been asked to provide resolution and web-browsing requirements in respect of BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) in consultation with the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) and their lawful interception vendors.</p><p><a href="http://biztech2.in.com/news/mobility/rim-allows-for-interception-of-consumer-messaging-services-not-enterprise/150972/0">Keep reading...</a></p>

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