New Delhi, Wednesday, September 01, 2010: The government is “firm” in expecting BlackBerry phone maker to give security agencies lawful access to their encrypted data within the next 60 days and there is no uncertainty over this stand, says Union Home Minister P Chidambaram.

Chidambaram also made it clear there would be no compromise on the security of the nation in the operations of Research In Motion (RIM)–makers of Blackberry–and other service providers like Google and Skype.

The Minister said RIM has agreed to provide access to some of the communications that are trasmitted through the RIM system and these have been operationalised from today.

Chidambaram made these remarks while presenting the report card of his ministry for the month of August today and at a CII function here last night.

( News Agency)