New Delhi, Aug. 13: BlackBerry’s Canadian maker will provide India with technical solutions next week to help read its encrypted data that New Delhi sees as a security threat, a senior government source said on Friday.
The assurance raised hopes that India might withdraw its threat to ban messenger and encrypted email.
India has given Research In Motion (RIM), the mak-er of the popular Black-Berry smartphone, until August 31 to comply with a request to gain access to encrypted corporate email and messaging services or those services will be shut.
RIM is under pressure from governments around the world to give access to its codes. Other firms have also faced scrutiny since officials intensified their fight against Islamic militants misusing mobile devices. “They have assur-ed that they will come with some technical solution for messenger and enterprise mail next week,” the government source said. “Our technical team will evaluate if it works.”