RIM to Give India Messenger Service Access by Sept. 1

Research In Motion Ltd. will give India access to its BlackBerry messenger service beginning Sept. 1 to address the country's security concerns, two government officials said. The Canadian company will first give agencies access to messenger services on a manual basis, with information provided for individual phone numbers after government requests, said the officials who declined to be named because the discussions are private. RIM will provide a more automated solution to tracking BlackBerry smartphone messages by November, the officials said. Engineers from Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM will meet with technical staff from India's Department of Telecommunications August 17, the officials said. The company is also working on a solution to allow access to corporate e-mails, they said.