By
Tim Stevens 
posted Jan 14th 2011 12:10PM
Things weren't looking good for
BlackBerry in India, with threats of bans that were avoided at the last minute. We knew at the time that RIM had made "
certain proposals" that would enable its messaging services to stay alive in India and now, about four months later, we're learning what those proposals amount to. Basically,
RIM has created a backdoor into the company's messaging services, a "lawful access capability" that "meets the standard required by the government of India for all consumer messaging services offered in the Indian marketplace." That's a little disconcerting, but if you're pinging your connects exclusively through BlackBerry Enterprise Server you can take it easy, as RIM is keeping that service locked up tight -- or, at least, that's what it wants you to believe.
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