RIM Blackberry Pearl Flip launched in India
Research in Motion has announced the launch of their latest smartphone model Blackberry Pearl Flip in the Indian market.
It is available on both Airtel and Vodafone networks.
This new smartphone has been priced at Rs 21,999.
The external display on this flip phone enables the user to keep a check on [...]
BSNL might soon offer both Blackberry and Apple iPhone
BSNL could soon become the latest Indian telecom operator to offer both Blackberry and Apple iPhone.
Apple iPhone is currently available in India through Vodafone and Airtel.
Blackberry services are also offered by several players including Tata Indicom and Reliance Communications.
BSNL is said to be in talks with Apple [...]
Research in Motion considering Blackberry manufacturing in India
Research in Motion has said that they are considering plans to start manufacturing their Blackberry Smartphones in the Indian market.
The company has just launched their Blackberry Bold model in partnership with Airtel in India.
RIM co-Chief Executive Officer Jim Balsillie said in a statement: “We are aggressively developing a [...]
Tata TeleServices to launch Blackberry services
Tata TeleServices has announced that they would in fact launch Blackberry services later this year.
The company was stopped by the Indian government from launching these services earlier.
The issue raised is related to security. The Indian security agencies wanted a way to track the data transmitted on the Blackberry [...]
India has no plans to shut down Blackberry services
Telecoms Secretary Siddhartha Behura has stated that the government does not see RIM’s Blackberry service as a threat and they have no plans to shut it down.
The security agencies on the other hand have been claiming that the encrypted service can be used by anti-national bodies to [...]
Research In Motion says they cannot give backdoor entry to government
Research In Motion has notified the Indian government that they are unable to give them a backdoor entry into their enterprise email system.
The company said that the Blackberry email system is designed to exclude any kind of such access to a third party.
RIM said [...]
India has around 114,000 RIM Blackberry users
Indian minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has been quoted as saying that the country has just around 114,000 mobile subscribers using RIM powered Blackberry services.
This is much lower than the figures quoted in the media. Media reports have been claiming around 400,000 BlackBerry users in India.
Jyotiraditya Scindia said in a statement [...]
Tata told to delay launch of Blackberry services
The Indian government has directed all the providers of RIM Blackberry services to implement monitoring servers for email.
Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance have been offering these services to their customers in the Indian market.
Tata had just announced their entry into this segment of the market and they have now [...]
India puts a ban on certain Blackberry services
The Indian government has now directed the telecom companies in the market to block certain services provided to the users of Blackberry devices.
This ban would remain in place till the service providers put up the requisite monitoring systems in place.
The government had earlier raised its objection [...]
Government wants RIM to put Blackberry servers in India
Indian department of telecommunications has now asked Blackberry maker RIM to setup their servers to host email in India.
This message was delivered in a meeting attended by DoT officials, security agencies, company executives, Canadian High Commission representatives and telecom operators.
It added that the telecom service providers in [...]
