BlackBerry manufacturer is willing to deal with the Indian authorities

Manufacturer BlackBerry smartphones Canadian company RIM has announced a willingness to deal with the Indian authorities, reports AFP. Earlier, the authorities have indicated a willingness to block from September 1, enterprise services BlackBerry.

RIM suggested an industry forum for the discussion on disclosure of correspondence corporate owners of smartphones BlackBerry. This Canadian company tentatively agreed to provide law enforcement has access to user data, provided that access will be carried legally.

August 12, the Indian authorities issued a statement in which they demanded from the local cellular operators in the period until 31 August to give them access to the correspondence of the owners of BlackBerry. The final decision on whether frozen projects will be made by the Minister of Interior Gopala Krishna Pillai (GK Pillai) on August 30.

In the summer of 2010 with requirements to disclose details of correspondence addressed to the owners of BlackBerry RIM made by the authorities UAE, India and Saudi Arabia. At the same time in Saudi Arabia, some services have already blocked the BlackBerry, and the UAE is going to do in October.

In India, the BlackBerry smartphone is in more than a million people. At the same time most of the owners of smartphones are corporate users.

The initiative of the Indian authorities due to the fact that the correspondence between the owners of smartphones is a Canadian company for encrypted channels. It is reported that organizers of the bombings in Mumbai in 2008 with the preparation of terrorist attacks were talking with each other on BlackBerry.