Mumbai, August 30: BlackBerry mobile phone maker Research In Motion(RIM) on Monday escaped a ban of its popular core services for at least two months after it offered to give security agencies access to them with immediate effect.
Facing tomorrow’s shutdown deadline for the encrypted BlackBerry Enterprise Services (BES) and BlackBerry Messenger Services (BMs), the Canadian phonemaker RIM made certain proposals for lawful access to these popular services by the country’s law enforcement agencies, giving some relief to the country’s one million subscribers.
RIM’s response came on a day when its rival Nokia Corp said it will install a server in the country in November to facilitate government monitoring of its push email services.
Yesterday, the Canadian government said a ban will not serve any purpose.\\
—Agencies