Articles tagged with: Reliance and Blackberry

Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Down by 5% in Q4 '08

The global economic downturn had a significant impact on the mobile phone industry as worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 314.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008, a 4.6 per cent decline from the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Manufacturers continued to struggle against low consumer confidence in both emerging and mature markets. more

Possible Solution to Indian BlackBerry Security Problem

Canada's Research in Motion is reported to have secured an agreement with the Indian government to give their security services access to encrypted emails when requested. The deal is however conditional on the Department of Telecommunications taking full responsibility for any loss of privacy or data leakages. more

Tata Blocked from Offering BlackBerry Services in India

India's government has blocked an application by Tata Teleservices to offer BlackBerry services until the ongoing argument about how the local security services can intercept emails sent via BlackBerry's servers in Canada. more

No BlackBerry Ban in India - Yet

Indian government officials and local operators have reportedly agreed not to carry out threats to block the use of the BlackBerry handsets within the country - for the time being. There has been a problem with the BlackBerry servers as components of the service are hosted in Canada and are therefore outside the reach of Indian security services who might want to tap into the communications. more

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