RIM gets backing from COAI

HYDERABAD: BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) on Tuesday received support from the Cellular Operators Association of India ( COAI) on the decryption of messages issue that has raised questions about the survival of the mobile maker’s survival here.

Rajan S Matthews, director-general , COAI said it is very difficult to provide help to the Government to decrypt messages which run into millions. “Encryption and decryption is a government responsibility.

Operator cannot provide text messages to the government,” he said on the sidelines of a workshop on ‘ Radiation from mobile towers’. He said all the issues of BlackBerry except the enterprising mail have been resolved.

He added that without enterprise co-operation, which holds one part of the key, decryption is not possible. Ministry of home affairs has expressed reservations over encrypted data