The big brother wants to know what's in your emails and this has been a contentious issue in the recent past. Notably evident in the ongoing tussle between RIM and the Indian government, with the latter trying its best to gain monitoring privileges over Blackberry messaging service. With that issue still being unresolved, the govt has now trained its guns on Nokia's new push email services. The government has banned Nokia's push email services until the security agencies are given full access to monitor all emails traversing through the network.
Nokia had even set up a local Indian server to help the govt monitor and intercept emails, but still Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered mobile operators not to launch Nokia's proposed pushmail/powermail service without establishing monitoring facilities. This development means the users of Nokia's E Series devices employing push email services will be hit by the ban. Four months ago, when RIM was entangled in the security issue, Nokia had been quietly advertising Exchange ActiveSync for its smartphones.
However, in an official statement, Nokia has said, "As we have not received the mentioned notice, we are not able to comment on it. Our push email services are operator agnostic and can be experienced by consumers across operator networks on a host of Nokia devices. At this time we are not aware of any operator restriction on access by consumers to our service.
It is our endeavor to fully comply with all applicable legal requirements wherever we operate. In offering our services in India, we have adhered to the rules and regulations required by the Indian Government and will continue to do so in the interest of national security and public safety".
With the Blackberry dispute still brewing without any signs of resolution in the near future, Nokia needs to act fast and resume its push mail services, which it had already been advertising in the market.
Nokia had even set up a local Indian server to help the govt monitor and intercept emails, but still Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered mobile operators not to launch Nokia's proposed pushmail/powermail service without establishing monitoring facilities. This development means the users of Nokia's E Series devices employing push email services will be hit by the ban. Four months ago, when RIM was entangled in the security issue, Nokia had been quietly advertising Exchange ActiveSync for its smartphones.
However, in an official statement, Nokia has said, "As we have not received the mentioned notice, we are not able to comment on it. Our push email services are operator agnostic and can be experienced by consumers across operator networks on a host of Nokia devices. At this time we are not aware of any operator restriction on access by consumers to our service.
It is our endeavor to fully comply with all applicable legal requirements wherever we operate. In offering our services in India, we have adhered to the rules and regulations required by the Indian Government and will continue to do so in the interest of national security and public safety".
With the Blackberry dispute still brewing without any signs of resolution in the near future, Nokia needs to act fast and resume its push mail services, which it had already been advertising in the market.
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