Possible Solution to Rim India Coming Next Week

Some sort of compromise could be on the cars between RIM and the Indian government according to an undisclosed source who has been speaking with Reuters.  Currently the Indian government is demanding that RIM provide them with the ability to intercept and read Blackberry enterprise emails and messages sent using Blackberry Messenger. The government are viewing the situation from a national security perspective, worried that terrorists could use the service to plan attacks similar to those carried out in Mumbai.

RIM currently has a technical team in New Delhi working on the issue with the department of telecoms in India as well as India's security agencies. The unnamed source said "We are expecting they will come up with some solution for Enterprise mail next week." If no solution is found then RIM could find itself thrown out of the Indian market as the Indian government have set a deadline of 31st August for the situation to be resolved to their satisfaction. Blackberry Messenger will be allowed to continue to operate past the deadline since the Indian government say they have been assured of access to that service, but email services would be stopped.