The Indian government has manual access to Research in Motion's BlackBerry messenger services and is hopeful of getting automated access from January 1, a top official said on Friday.
"We have manual access to the messenger services. We want automated access and we are hopeful of getting that from January 1," G.K. Pillai, home secretary, told Reuters.
The Indian interior ministry said on Aug. 30 that the Canadian firm had offered several ways to allow authorities to monitor BlackBerry communications. The government said it would check their feasibility over the next 60 days.