BlackBerry ban  for 60 days in India:

India withdrew on Monday for at least another two months a threat to ban BlackBerry service after the maker of multipurpose mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., say that would give law enforcement agencies more access to the content encryption instant messaging and e-corporate clients. The Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement it would review the situation within 60 days after the Telecommunications Department study the feasibility of channeling BlackBerry services by a server in India.

India wants more access to corporate e-mail and instant messages encoded, although it was unclear precisely what concessions he was willing to do Research in Motion to avoid the ban. About one million BlackBerry users have been affected in India.”RIM has made certain proposals for legal access by law enforcement agencies and the same would be implemented immediately. The feasibility of the solutions will be evaluated,” the ministry said.

Home Secretary G.K. Pillai met Monday with officials of the Department of Telecommunications, the Office of Espionage and National Technical Research Organization, a cyber-agency to review the case, said Interior
Ministry spokesman Onkar Kedia.Research In Motion, a Canadian company, has been reluctant to accept Indian claims of real-time access to corporate email, saying that it is technically impossible to provide it.

The decision of Nokia Corp., RIM’s biggest competitor in India, to install a server in the country to facilitate government monitoring may have weakened the bargaining position of RIM. The managing director of Nokia India, D. Shivakumar told reporters Monday that the company installed a server in India in November to ensure government access to their services.