Friday August 13 09:31 pm

News Update Research In Motion Bows to India's Demands for Blackberry Access

"Research In Motion (RIMM) is down just under 1% in late morning trade, after it bowed to the Indian government and agreed to give the country access to its message service. RIMM is working to address the governments security concerns, Reuters reports, citing ""a senior security official."" India had given RIMM until Aug. 31 to comply with a request to open its encrypted e-mail and messaging services to the government or face a shutdown of service. "