India threatens BlackBerry services

INDIA’S home ministry held top-level talks with intelligence services yesterday to discuss suspending BlackBerry services if the smartphone’s makers do not satisfy security concerns.

India is one of several emerging-market countries which have asked BlackBerry’s Canadian manufacturers to allow scrutiny of encrypted email and instant message traffic.

“This is an internal meeting and it will address BlackBerry and other telecom issues relating to security,” a senior home ministry official who declined to be named told AFP.