India said that Research In Motion has set up an interim arrangement for lawful interception of BlackBerry Messenger services and has assured to provide a final solution by end-January, and a government source said talks are still on over access to corporate emails.
India, among several countries to express concerns BlackBerry services could be used to stir political or social instability, had threatened RIM with a ban if denied access to its highly-secure Messenger and corporate email communications.
RIM won a 60-day reprieve at the end of August after offering India a solution to monitor some BlackBerry data, a claim yet to be confirmed by the Canadian firm.
In a statement on Friday, India’s interior ministry said RIM had assured the government that it would provide the final solution for lawful interception of BlackBerry Messenger services by January 31.
“Accordingly, the BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) services will continue to be available,” the statement said.
The statement did not mention anything about access to corporate email services, but an interior ministry source said RIM had made two presentations.


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