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The BlackberryThe BlackberryCaseCase

BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

(IN(INDIDIA)A)THE PRESENTERS

ASHISH CHAWLA RAHUL SHARMA

AKANSHA JAIN SAGAR RAHEJA

MEHUL KARIA VAIBHAV NARKA

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The key issues addressedThe key

issues addressed

Whos involved? How is communication through the

Blackberry smart phone different fromnormal SMS /chat clients?

Why is the government interfering in theBlackberry smart phone?

What does the government want exactly?

What are the problems /issues faced by

the involved parties? What are The solutions?

What is The impact?

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RESEARCH INMOTION(RIM)

GOVT OF INDIA

HO S INVOLVED?HO S INVOLVED?

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ABOUT RIMABOUT RIM

LAST 5 YEARS

Founded in 1984.

Led by Co-CEOJIM BALSILLIE andPresident and Co-CEO MIKE

LAZARIDIS. Headquarters in

Waterloo, Canada. Launched the

BlackBerry *indicates Q2Results

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TABLETABLE

The Ministry of Home Affairs

Department of Telecom (DoT) Indian Security Agencies

OTHER PARTIES

Te le co m Se rvice Provid e rs i.eVod a fon e , Airt e l

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CONNECTED

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l a c k B e r r yn t e r p r i s eS e r v e r

HA T DOE S THE GOVT WANT FROM RIM?HA T DOE S T HE G OVT WANT FROM RIM?

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WHY ?WHY ?o NATIONAL SECURITY:

The government is worried thatmilitants could use BlackBerry's heavily

encrypted services to plan attacks.o

o Supervision:

To ensure that they can monitorelectronic messages at all times forsecurity reasons.

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WHAT THE GOVT ISWHAT THE GOVT IS

SAYINGSAYING"We are very clear that any BlackBerry service thatcannot be fully intercepted by our agencies must bediscontinued.Offering access to data is part of the

telecom licensing guidelines and has to be adheredto.

The government

imposed a deadline ofAugust 31 askingRIM to either provide a solution for

monitoring encrypted data or shut shop .

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`Encryption' is afundamentaltechnology

required in anycountry that wantsto attract andmaintaininternationalbusiness.

We have no "masterkey" to unlockencryption codes

of clients which

It is impossible for itor any other thirdparty to read

encrypted datasent viaBlackBerrys andthat it could notshare its

customersencryption keys.

What RIM is sayingWhat RIM is saying

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DEMANDSDEMANDS

Indian government rejected all theseproposals and asked RIM to install a SERVERin India for real time information rather thana deferred one in the interest of nationalSECURITY

The Ministry has made it clear that anycommunication through the telecom

networks should be accessible to the lawenforcement agencies and all telecomservice providers including third-partieshave to comply with this.

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RIMS SolutionRIMS Solution

Metadata is a summary of data attributes, it shows how long a text document is, who the author is,

and when the document was written. It also showspicture size, color, depth, and when the image wasmade.

It would provide information on the phonesidentification and the Blackberry servers Internetaddress.

RIM provided solutions for local security agencies tomonitor the company's BlackBerry corporate emailservice. RIM had already provided access to otherservices such as messenger and chat.

RIM has prosed that an industry forum be established tohelp governments manage lawful intercept, in the hope

of forestalling India's threatened ban.

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