Swati Chaturvedi
New Delhi: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram demanded that Research in Motion (RIM) proprietors of Blackberry sign with India a sovereign service contract similar to the one that they have with China and Saudi Arabia, if they wanted to continue services in the country.
Blackberry which has been red-flagged as a huge security concern since the intelligence agencies are unable to intercept their messages flatly refused.
Chidambaram, who in no mood to brook this, has now recommended to the Telecom Ministry that all Blackberry services be stopped effective March 31.
Authoritative sources told Zee News that the Canadian based company had clearly worked out a deal with China and Saudi-Arabia, but was not playing ball with India.