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New Delhi: of the home ministry pulled up companies like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar, and Reliance Communications for starting the services without the government’s prior approval. This was seen as a turnaround because not only did the DoT write letters to TTSL for not starting the services without the provision for legal interception, it also held a series of meetings with telecom companies and the Canadian firm, RIM, to provide a solution.
On being denied permission, TTSL had written to DoT that since other operators were providing the services without fulfilling the requirements it should also be allowed to do so. DoT had sought to restrain it stating that non-compliance of instructions by any other operator cannot be a valid ground for according permission. Later, TTSL had written to DoT that the delay was taking a toll on its business plans so it is going ahead with the services. Whatever solution is arrived at and applied to other operators, would be observed by it also.
Finally, TTSL was able to launch its BlackBerry services six months after it ran into trouble with MHA. With the latest strike by terrorist on the country’s financial capital, it remains to be seen whether the whole issue is examine again as the National Security Adviser is still looking into the issue....
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