RIM averts BlackBerry ban in India... for now

It was facing an August 31st deadline before India banned BlackBerry service in the country, but it looks like RIM has now managed to avoid that scenario -- at least for a little while. According to India's Ministry of Home Affairs, 'RIM have made certain proposals for lawful access by law enforcement agencies and these would be operationalized immediately,' and that 'the feasibility of the solutions offered would be assessed thereafter.' Details are still a bit light beyond that, but India's assessment will apparently come after 60 days, and there's still no guarantee that we won't end up back at square one at that point. Interestingly, India is also still raising complaints about Gmail and Skype, with it now saying that it wants Google and Skype to set up servers in the country that would give it greater monitoring capabilities.