No BlackBerry ban in India

The Indian government finally ended the brewing controversy by ruling out Mar. 14 any disruption in BlackBerry services, The Times of India reported.
Telecom Minister A Raja, however, said that security aspects regarding the service remain and these need to be thrashed out. He told reporters that the government will discuss the issue in the Telecom Commission adding that the country's security is of paramount importance.

According to industry sources, mobile operators have asked BlackBerry developer Research In Motion for a secure solution to replace the existing one and is expected within four to five weeks.

Telecoms secretary Sidhartha Behura assured that they are keen to resolving the issue, there is no question of banning BlackBerry services.

At the same day, GSM operators met with Telecoms officials and committed to address the government's security concerns.