BlackBerry and India have been locked in negotiations after India wanted an access to BlackBerry messages, e-mails and more for over 2 years. Now, according to documents reviewed by The Economic Times from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), India will finally have their lawful access to messages. With NSA’s spying saga on going, will this lead to another round of saga? Fortunately, this only affect BIS users and not BES users.

A Blackberry spokesperson said the company had delivered a solution that enabled India’s wireless carriers to address their lawful access requirements for its consumer messaging services, which include BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) email. “The lawful access capability now available to BlackBerry’s carrier partners meets the standard required by the Government of India for all consumer messaging services offered in the Indian marketplace. We also wish to underscore, once again, that this enablement of lawful access does not extend to BlackBerry Enterprise Server,” said the spokesperson.

“The lawful access capability now available to BlackBerry’s carrier partners meets the standard required by the Government of India for all consumer messaging services offered in the Indian marketplace. We also wish to underscore, once again, that this enablement of lawful access does not extend to BlackBerry Enterprise Server,”

The service will be monitored out of Mumbai, where BlackBerry had set up servers and other interception facilities in 2011 after India threatened to shut down BlackBerry services if the company didn’t establish one.

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Source: The Economic Times