Blackberry Row

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  BBM for Android caught in fake app reviews row; BlackBerry denies activity

  A large number of similar looking five star reviews for BBM's Android app are becoming the cause of a new controversy surrounding BlackBerry's popular messaging app.

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  Upgrade networks to intercept Blackberry data: Department of Telecom

  The government has asked telecom service providers to upgrade their networks for interception of information sent and received on BlackBerry phones and be ready for demonstration of such facilities to the concerned authorities.     In a communication to the operators, the...

• BlackBerry row: Govt to bring out rules on data encryption

  The government is looking at amending the IT Act to ensure that the act contains clear guidelines on encryption and decryption of data. One of the problems faced by the security agencies has been the fact that while government agencies can decrypt data encoded up to 40 bits, technologies like BlackBerry have encryptions up to 256 bits. ...

• BlackBerry sales dip in India after row with government

  Sales of BlackBerry devices have dropped in India following uncertainty over whether the government would allow access to the smartphone's encrypted email and messaging services beyond the Aug 31 deadline. Many dealers said their sales have declined in recent days as customers find it dicey to invest in Blackberry phones. "Blackberry i...

• BlackBerry row: Govt convenes meeting of telecom operators

  With BlackBerry makers passing on the buck to telecom operators for monitoring its services, the government has called a meeting of service providers this week to discuss the issue. Official sources said while the onus of giving access to security agencies to monitor the information on these phones lies with the service providers, the Home ...

• Upgrade networks to intercept Blackberry data: Department of Telecom

  The government has asked telecom service providers to upgrade their networks for interception of information sent and received on BlackBerry phones and be ready for demonstration of such facilities to the concerned authorities.     In a communication to the operators, the Department of Telecom (DoT) said, "Please upgrade your te...

• Blackberry row: Will not risk national security for technology, says Sachin Pilot

  As a solution elude monitoring of data transmitted through Blackberry phone, India said it would not risk national security, especially when answers to the problem has been found elsewhere in the world.     "These concerns have been addressed in other parts of the world, I see no reason why the Indian government and agencies sho...