A center point in recent international news - India that is, for a reason. BOLT was just upgraded with support for Indic languages, that super cool BlackBerry India commercial was aired not long ago and despite some complexities lately, India is rolling well. And now, the mobile Indian population gets to taste the latest magic from RIM: the BlackBerry Bold 9780. With twice the memory...
In a stir of events between the Indian government and RIM, the COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India) has stepped up to back RIM over decrypting corporate e-mail. Rajan S. Mathews, Director-General of COAI, said "If the government wants to intercept messages, operators provide the bit string information. The government must develop the expertise to decrypt messages as encryption...
For now, the Indian government has backed off and is not going to suspend BlackBerry services, despite extending the deadline for RIM earlier. Not much is known to the public; India has been granted access to monitor BlackBerry Messenger traffic, but we knew this already back in September, when I wrote my analysis of RIM in the Middle East. Whether the Indian government has found a...
Although a little late to the game, an important step is being taken towards a more modern and technologically advanced India. Major telecommunication providers in the country are launching 3G networks soon, with Bharti Airtel aiming to upgrade to the wonders of HSPA before the end of this year. Vodafone Essar takes a more conservative route and strives to make the switch to 3G early...
Tensions between India and RIM build up as the deadline for RIM to provide a solution to the governmental needs of India is extended to January 2011. An official of the department of communications in India said "[RIM] has till January to put all interception solutions in place." This shows how India is very serious about gaining access to monitor BlackBerry traffic, and is unlikely to...
Hey, it's no secret. Much like the BlackBerry Tour 9650 and the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 we all know "Twitter For BlackBerry" is coming at some point in time, we just don't know when exactly. Alas, I guess we can take this latest piece of information spotted by Rajrani in our very own forums as even further confirmation. When I look at this info, I see one of two things here: 1). RIM...
A quick note for all of the good folks in India today (errr... well, yesterday technically). Looks like RIM has officially launched the BlackBerry Bold 9700 in India. Woohoo! The 9700 is now available nationwide in retail stores serviced by Redington India... Plus, it is now on hand at Airtel, Aircel, BSNL, Idea Cellular, Loop Mobile, MTNL, Reliance, Tata and Vodafone locations. For...
The BlackBerry 8800 is making its way around the world in near record time. Airtel and RIM this week announced the introduction of the the BlackBerry 8800 to India. "We are very excited to bring the innovative and feature-rich BlackBerry 8800 to India for our high-end customers,” said Sanjay Kapoor, President, Mobile Services, Bharti Airtel. “They will get an opportunity to...