New Delhi: The central government Tuesday decided to give more time to BlackBerry maker, Research in Motion (RIM), for providing Indian intelligence agencies access to the private data being sent over its handsets.
"They have been given more time following discussions which are progressing satisfactorily," home ministry spokesperson Onkar Kedia told IANS. He, however, said the time for the deadline has not been decided.
But sources said the new deadline will be till December 31.
The government had earlier given Oct 31 as the deadline to RIM for handing over the encryption keys and codes of its mails and messaging services to the Indian security establishment.