NEW DELHI: After BlackBerry, the government is likely to ask two other online service providers -- Google and Skype -- to allow security agencies to access communications on their networks.
The Department of Telecom (DoT) had held a meeting recently and discussed the security concerns related to voice and messaging services on the Internet offered by Google and Skype in India.
Both Google and Skype have considerable presence in the country.
According to sources, DoT may now ask Google and Skype to give access to their networks as the data travelling through them is not accessible by the security agencies in the country.
The development comes at a time when the government has given Research In Motion, the makers of BlackBerry, time until August 31 to resolve the issue and allow interception of all types communications on the device and has said it would ban the services if the Canadian company failed to meet the deadline.
When contacted Google India spokesperson said, "With reference to the current security concerns involving some telecom players, we have not received any related communication from the government on this issue and thereby, (we are) unable to comment on speculation."
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