"Communication industry has been growing worldwide and it has become an integral part of any economy. Across the world, security has been a concern and it is extremely important for the government to have access to the communication.
It is not just related to BlackBerry, the regulator has earlier questioned hardware vendors as well. The same thing happened with internet telephony where the government has put in a mechanism to monitor it.
BlackBerry has a very sound encryption method and it uses the latest technology. They themselves cannot read the messages sent to and from the devices. The corporate world needs to secure its data and they need to ensure privacy. But in the national interest, government needs to keep a check.
Terrorists and other anti social elements know what the government can intercept and what they cannot. During the Mumbai attacks in 2008, the government was not able to intercept calls between the terrorists. So from a government perspective, it is very important to access all messages that are exchanged.
But if we look at BlackBerry, we see that they have invested a lot in their technology and it will be difficult for them to lose their USP. But national security cannot be compromised."