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After the UAE earlier this week, it was India who recalls his annoyance at not being able to monitor communications on the Blackberry, evoking a risk for national security.

The situation is complicated right now to Research In Motion (RIM), the Canadian maker of BlackBerry smartphones, but also related services such as messaging mobile push email.

Despite strong quarterly financial results (the one hundred millionth BlackBerry this quarter has been passed), the company is subject to regular reviews for innovation and observers as a constant reminder of the danger of a competition that invites on the field terminal professional field preferred Blackberry (but less and less, the transition to the general public has been primed).

The rumor of the forthcoming announcement of a smartphone capable of competing with the iPhone, more and more enterprising in the professional segment, has surged as a battered stock market so far, a sign of excitement and anticipation of a sign that RIM is not accumulating terminals to expand its range.

But the worries of communication are also on theservices architecture. By offering a secure messaging through mobile data encryption and the use of servers outside of national territories, RIM attracted the ire of states wishing to provide a communications control and alarm of countries see data may be sensitive to leave the country to be treated across the world without being completely sure that an ear or an eye prying did not benefit the meantime, despite repeated assurances from RIM.

National security and communications monitoring

The UAE has reiterated earlier this week the issue and their concern to have no way to monitor communications on the Blackberry. India, another country attached to the possible monitor what happens on the mobile network wishes also have access to data.

She has already threatened to block RIM's service to force him to open access, whereas the Blackberry poses a national security issue, because of tensions in the country, which have already led the Indian government to close mobile networks during attacks.

This also pushed the show to deal with finicky equipment manufacturer is willing to offer their facilities for future 3G networks in the country, particularly against the Chinese suppliers, representatives of a rival economic power that would be well advised to knowledge of communications from its neighbor.

If the terminals and BlackBerry services are banned in India, its that RIM has promised to find a solution to the question of encrypted communications. But the good will of the Canadian manufacturer does suffice to erase the doubts?