While it appeared that the ongoing drama between Research In Motion (RIM) and the Indian Government was about to end as RIM had made a proposal to the government for intercepting its messenger services, things are far from over. A new roadblock has appeared as the government security agencies have insisted on receiving information on a real time basis.With the impending August 31 deadline fast approaching, RIM had agreed to provide information on a deferred basis, which meant within a period of 10 days. RIM, along with the Department of Telecom (DoT), submitted a proposal to allow intercepting of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) services. But that is not good enough as a top Home Ministry official remarked, "Now for example if two terrorists are negotiating a strike, you can't expect us to wait for 10 days."
With a subscriber base of nearly a million users in India, RIM is working round the clock to arrive at a better solution. Officials at RIM have said that they would be coming back next week for further talks with the government.
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