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TIMES BUSINESS THE TIMES OF INDIA, BANGALORE | THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2010 RBI’S MONETARY POLICY IS ABSORBING EXCESS 3% OF GDP IS WASTED DUE TO CORROSION OF MACHINES LIQUIDITY, SAYS FM PRANAB MUKHERJEE AND TOOLS: MINISTER VILASRAO DESHMUKH EXECUTIVE DIGEST BlackBerry messenger service India Inc watches BB row keenly could be blocked, warns govt Swati Anand | TNN al market in India. If they’re banned, other phones like the TIMES NEWS NETWORK “We told the service Chennai: As the battle between Nokia E series and Apple’s iPhone providers in categorical terms BlackBerry maker Research in stand to gain. New Delhi: A day after the that the government will allow Motion (RIM) and the Indian gov- Snehal Mantri, marketing di- BlackBerry makers — Research them to offer those services ernment continues, India Inc is rector of Bangalore-based real es- in Motion (RIM) — expressed which could be intercepted by watching keenly.Governments are tate Mantri Developers, who is an their “inability” to provide ac- the security agencies. If any concerned they cannot monitor avid BlackBerry user is consid- cess to security agencies to in- service is not allowed to be in- BlackBerry traffic, because un- ering switching to iPhone or Win- tercept its messenger service, tercepted, we will not allow like rivals Nokia and Apple, RIM dows Mobile in case the ban comes the government on Wednesday them to run such services,” controls its own networks, which through. The entire marketing COMPUTING PROFIT: J T Wang-led Acer's warned that if the Canadian sources said. handle encrypted messages team as well as senior manage- profit surged 54% in Q2. Analysts had company does not come out with While expressing its inabili- through server centres in Cana- ment of the company has been as- expected that the firm’s sales in Europe to some ‘technical solution’, the ty to share access, RIM had said da and Britain. signed a BlackBerry. be battered due to the Eurozone debt crisis users will have to face blocking on Tuesday that the security ar- India is estimated to have over Nokia is already at an advan- of their ‘BlackBerry-to-Black- chitecture for its enterprise cus- 11 lakh BlackBerry users. “A sig- tageous position. Mobile adver- Berry messenger’ service even tomers is based on a symmetric nificant majority of this base tising networks Admob India ITI posts Q1 net loss though they would be able to key system whereby the cus- comprises of all top corporate shows that Nokia smartphones oc- continue with its voice and tomers create their own key and honchos in the country,”says Su- cupy all the ten slots in its Top Ten of Rs 63.83 cr email services. only they possess the copy of the jay Misra, MD of AZ Research smartphones list in May.In terms ITI, public sector telecom equipment Government sources said encryption. Partners. “And around 30% of all of share of operating systems in manufacturer, reported a net loss of Rs that once the company comes “RIM does not possess a BlackBerry users, have two Black- the smartphone market in India, 63.83 crore for the quarter ended June 30, out with a ‘technical solution’ master key nor does any back- Berrys — one for personal use and 2010. The company had recorded a net within seven to 10 days, as prom- these smart phones lies with the BSNL and MTNL are offering door exist in the system that one for work related use.” Misra BlackBerry was among loss of Rs 107.78 crore in the ised by it during a meeting with service providers, government BlackBerry services, it is the re- would allow RIM or any third himself carries two BlackBerrys. corresponding quarter of the 2009-10 Intelligence Bureau (IB) offi- sources said according to the li- sponsibility of these operators party to gain an unauthorised BlackBerry was among the the first phones to fiscal, ITI said in a filing to the Bombay cials, it will be tested by the se- censing conditions, the service to ensure that the security agen- access to the key or corporate first phones to introduce push introduce push mail Stock Exchange. curity agencies randomly.If the providers are liable to put in a cies get access to all the servic- data,” the company had said, mail service, where mail updates service, where mail Explaining the reason for the lower testing fails to have the desired mechanism to allow the securi- es they offer. adding RIM, therefore, will be hit the phone like an SMS, in In- losses this year vis-a-vis the previous result, the agencies will have no ty agencies to intercept any con- Sources further said that unable to accommodate any re- dia and was instantly lapped up updates hit the phone year, ITI chairman and managing director option but to block the messen- versation or message of any sub- RIM has so far only conveyed quest for a copy of a customer’s by corporates and entrepreneurs like an SMS, in India and K L Dhingra said in a statement: “we have ger service, they added. scriber whenever required. to the operators that services encryption key since at no time who were on the move. In time, was instantly lapped up been able to achieve this due to our Stating that the onus of giv- As telecom service providers like email and voicemail can be does RIM, or any wireless net- companies began doling out by corporates and prudent financial management and deft ing access to security agencies like Airtel, Vodafone, RCom, the intercepted by the security work operator, ever possess a BlackBerrys to not just their sen- handling of our operations.” to monitor the information on Tatas and the government-run agencies. copy of the key. ior managers, but also their mid- entrepreneurs who were “We are concentrating on new orders, management employees. So now, on the move. diversification of products and when there is a possibility that Many think that it would rationalisation of all our activities to turn India could go the UAE way and be prudent on RIM’s the company around as early as we can,” ban BlackBerry,the mood is that he added. Onus on operators to of concern. part to tow the Makers may resist “While national security is of government line. Toyota said Wednesday it roared to a net profit share information paramount importance, business of 190.4 billion yen, or $2.2. billion, in the April- users too need a secure and effi- June quarter, as sales in emerging markets New Delhi: In a new twist to the BlackBerry con- cient platform to communicate Symbian (Nokia’s OS) and iOS ac- and aggressive cost-cutting offset a strong government pressure troversy,the government on Tuesday said the onus while on the move,” says Keshav count for 96% of the market. Japanese currency and the lingering effects of of giving access to security agencies to monitor the Baljee, president and co-promoter Even globally, the European recalls on North American and European sales. New York: Under pressure from coun- Lazaridis de- information on these smart phones lies with the of the Royal Orchid group of ho- Commission (EU’s executive arm tries like India and UAE to provide ac- nied reports service providers. tels. Baljee himself has been using employing more than 32,000 people) Cathay Pacific Airways first-half net income cess to its customers’ messages, the that the compa- Government sources said, according to the li- a BlackBerry for many years and chose Apple’s iPhone and HTC de- surged more than eight-fold to HK$6.84 billion Canadian company which makes ny had already censing conditions, service providers are liable to has given out handsets to his sen- vices over BlackBerry when it de- ($881 million) helped by the sale of a stake in a BlackBerry on Tuesday made it clear granted special put in a mechanism to allow security agencies to ior staff and sales staff. “We have ployed a new technology platform maintenance provider and an 8.5% jump in that it will not allow such a thing to concessions to intercept any conversation or message of any sub- application wherein employees can in 2008 after measuring the plat- passenger numbers. happen as it would “imperil the firm’s the govern- scriber whenever required. access information on their desk- forms against a number of criteria relationship with customers.” ments of coun- As telecom service providers like Airtel, Voda- top, while on the move. If there is like security and financial impact. United Microelectronics second-quarter net “We are not going to compromise tries like India fone, RCom, Tatas and the government-run BSNL a ban, it will be very difficult for “The demands that the Indian income more than tripled to NT$5.3 billion that... That is what has made Black- and China, and MTNL are offering BlackBerry services, it is us to find a suitable substitute.” government is making is one that ($166 million) from NT$1.5 billion a year Berry the No.1 solution worldwide,” which have the responsibility of these operators to ensure that Venture capital firm Ven- any government can make. RIM earlier, the Hsinchu, Taiwan-based company Mike Lazaridis, founder and co-chief large numbers the security agencies get access to all services they tureast runs on BlackBerry — 25 should reach a common ground said in a statement. executive of RIM, told The New York of BlackBerry offer. Sources further said the maker of BlackBer- of its 32 employees, in its Chen- with the Indian government Times.