subject: Endgames network for BlackBerry [print this page] Research in Motion is facing an AugResearch in Motion is facing an Aug. 31 deadline to give India access to e-mail to secure and instant messaging services or the Indian Government has said it would stop these services, much to the detriment of corporate India.
India stressed its position on the Reem on Friday, saying that any solution must pass through the field trials. The government says it is concerned that militants could misuse services to create instability.
If India does not ban BlackBerry, it will be the first country to do so, although many governments have raised security concerns about the popular device.
The following scenarios about what might happen to the Services:
Do not ban, RIM agreed to further talks with the Egyptian government to resolve
Possibility: It is likely
RIM can provide to extend the deadline by the government to convince the Indian to hold further talks with the company and to reach a common solution to address security concerns.
RIM offered on Thursday to lead the industry forum to consider the need for India to have a "legitimate access" to mail in an encrypted and His Messenger, in an attempt to avoid denial of service in a popular market in the world's fastest growing telecommunications companies.
"There are discussions under way, and we are not in the business to stop the services," Minister of Communications young Sachin pilot said on Friday.
Earlier this month, RIM managed to get out of the threatened ban by Saudi Arabia, with this country, saying there was progress on addressing their concerns.
Kuwait has no plans to ban BlackBerry, but has been holding talks with the manufacturer about the security concerns and ethical. RIM has been requested to prevent pornographic sites, the company had requested four months to deal with this request.
Not blocked, there is no solution, unrelenting India Egyptian government
Probability: the possible
RIM has been hit again in India by pointing out that a ban on BlackBerry services would be futile and production companies warned the Indians and efficiency can be exposed to such action.
Has become a security that provides BlackBerry made popular with companies looking for a secure means of communication, the device is not an integral and perhaps indispensable part of the life business.
Possibly India, and emerging markets in the world, the second fastest growing major economy, rather than risk inflaming the wrath of companies in the service, which has become critical for the performance of companies in the country and around the world.
The closure affects about 1 million users in India out of a total 41 million worldwide BlackBerry users, allowing them to use the devices only for calls and surf the Internet.
In contrast to competitors Nokia and iPhone maker Apple, RIM powerful symbols used to encode messages, e-mail.
The RIM BlackBerry is based on the security system where customers create their own key and the company does not have a key or any "back door" to allow them or any third party to gain access to user data.
India bans Blackberry
Possibility: It is not possible
The security provided by RIM is a blessing and a curse for the company. While it set Rim regardless of competitors, a headache for the intentions of governments to monitor conversations between militants who may be planning to cause instability.
India is facing a threat to internal security from the Maoist insurgency on the rise, as well as the threat of militant attacks like the one in 2008, when armed militants based in Pakistan wreaked havoc in several parts of the parameters Mumbai killing 166 people.
Analysts see any easy solution to the standoff and RIM says it has no way to intercept the data you want access to countries. RIM has denied media reports that say they provide unique services to the wireless or access to any one country.
And is betting the company will likely consider countries that ban the risk of service in the anti-business while strengthening the reputation of RIM to provide security is unprecedented so that governments can not be eradicated, experts say.
Code crackers could be the government might break the encryption on its own without the help of RIM, but it is a slow process requiring great skill and powerful computers.
Also, cracking the encryption without the knowledge of users and the service provider can have legal consequences.
