Blackberry, in partnership with Vodafone, has come up with an in-your-face kind of campaign that makes no reference to the controversy.
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The goods, including jewellery, blackberry phones, foreign and Indian currency, expensive watches, laptops and I-pods, shoes and jackets, were found at the domestic and international terminals.
Controversial Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz on Wednesday submitted his BlackBerry phone and "other evidences" to a Pakistan judicial commission probing the memo scandal that shook the country's powerful military as well as political establishments.
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The company which posted results for the latest quarter said restructuring efforts are underway that will include a workforce reduction of around 5,000 employees.
After much controversy, BlackBerry has finally set up its server in Mumbai following intense pressure from the government to provide a mechanism for lawful interception of its messenger services and Nokia has been asked to follow suit.
These Blackberrys will be connected to a server back in the office of the department. Through this communication mechanism, a traffic police will have access to an entire database of vehicles registered in the city. The move is aimed at introducing traffic discipline and better equipping traffic officers on the field.
Samsung and Apple already have similar offers on their flagship Galaxy and iPhone ranges.
Research in Motion, the makers of BlackBerry, which was until recently under the government scanner over security concerns, is now looking at an India-specific strategy that includes local manufacturing.
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Close on the heels of offering its tablet PC, PlayBook, at discounted prices, Canada-based Research in Motion in its bid to increase market share and take on the Nokias and Samsungs of the world, has slashesd the prices of its top-selling phones by almost 26 per cent.
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The government has set a deadline of March 31 for telecom operators to provide an interception solution for BlackBerry enterprise services.
Research in Motion must chart a tough course in India. It needs to launch cheaper handsets to woo lower-end subscribers, as the price conscious market will not buy the expensive devices launched elsewhere.
Even as India's external affairs ministry has reportedly assured Canada that the Department of Telecommunications is trying to resolve the issue of a potential threat to India's security posed by BlackBerry phones, Research in Motion, the makers of the phones, said it is committed to addressing all aspects of the issue.
Meanwhile, a top official of RIM paid a courtesy visit to Home Minister P Chidambaram.
The 32 GB tablet will come for Rs 15,990 and the top end tablet of 64 GB will be sold at Rs 24,490.
The Home Ministry will hold a meeting with Department of Telecommunications and service providers to take a view on BlackBerry's services on Thursday, and is expected to direct them to stop certain features which cannot be accessed by security agencies.
Finnish mobile handset firm Nokia on Monday said it will set up its enterprise server in India in November this year to adhere to the government's security concerns, a move that may force BlackBerry to also follow it.
BlackBerry handsets of Husain Haqqani and Mansoor Ijaz, the central characters of the memo scandal, are being examined by forensic experts at the Pakistan High Commission in London to probe their role in the case.
The department of telecommunications was likely to ask the government for an extension to resolve the issue, as RIM needed time to provide real time access to its corporate e-mails, a senior official said. About 1 million Indians use BlackBerry.
Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it has slashed the monthly rental for its services on business phone Blackerry by up to 75 per cent to Rs 249 per month.
Much before the Mumbai attacks, the wireless planning coordination wing of the communications ministry had asked for clearance from the security wing for allowing the launch of the handset given the doubts about the service being a risk to internal security. The concerns were aired ahead of the proposed visit of a top team of the BlackBerry promoters to India for discussions with the department of telecommunication on the long pending security issues.
"Keeping in view of the security implication involved, the licensee (company) is directed not to connect or provide or run the Blackberry e-mail and mobile messenger services unless the required monitoring system to the satisfaction of the security agencies are in place and the master key and algorithm are deposited with the licensor," DoT said in a letter to Tatas.
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The government on Thursday made it clear that BlackBerry services may be banned if its maker, Research-in-Motion, fails to provide a monitoring solution in the next five days.
The Income Tax department has struck an estimated Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) deal with state-owned telecom company BSNL to provide 51,000 mobile connections and 1,000 high-end Blackberry phones for secure and fast communication amongst its officers and staff.
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The proposal made by BlackBerry for intercepting its messenger services to address government's security concerns appears to have hit a rough patch on Thursday with agencies insisting that information given should be on a real time basis.
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Priced at Rs 44,990, the phone has all the features of BlackBerry's flagship device Z10.
For instance, India's largest IT firm Tata Consultancy Services -- which is headquartered in south Mumbai where terror struck -- asked its employees to operate out of any of the offices in north Mumbai until further advice. Similarly, Aegis BPO that has a corporate office in Mumbai has asked its employees in Mumbai to operate from home as they all have broadband connections and BlackBerry(s), said Aparup Sengupta, CEO, Aegis BPO.
The United States has also been in touch with RIM, the Canadian company that operates the BlackBerry network worldwide.
Often called Canada's version of Warren Buffet, Watsa preaches a long view that suggests it may be too early to assess his decision to take on a leading 10 per cent stake in BlackBerry.
Research In Motion (RIM) has posted a 45 per cent jump in net income to $911 million for the third quarter ended November 27, 2010, driven by record sales of Blackberry phones.
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