The four telecom operators who are currently providing Blackberry services in India were also of the view that RIM should comply with licence conditions as soon as possible.

“All countries have different requirements regarding security issues. We are not concerned whether RIM meets security requirements in other countries or not. We want it to meet our security requirements,” said a telecom commission member.

Presently four services are possible through Blackberry handsets. These services are — voice telephony, SMS, e-mail from Blackberry to Blackberry and e-mail from Blackberry to e-mails in other ISPs or non-Blackberry phones. The problem is only with the Blackberry-to-Blackberry e-mails. In all other cases, it is possible to tap voice or message.

RIM is currently operating services in 13 countries around the world. The present problem with Blackberry came to limelight when Tata Teleservices was not granted permission to operate the services. The government said that it was not possible to lawfully intercept e-mails sent through Blackberry phones. It is not yet clear how other operators like Reliance, Airtel and Vodafone are operating the services.