Uncertainty plagues RIM in India

Multinationals hate unpleasant surprises and operating in a permanent state of uncertainty. But that is exactly what Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry mobile handsets, has experienced in India. In July last year the Indian government warned that it would block BlackBerry services, unless RIM gave the security authorities full access to data transferred by the messaging system. Indian authorities said they were concerned that encrypted messages could be used by terrorists to stage strikes such as the attack in Mumbai in 2008, which killed 166 people.