THE BACKDROP: India has threatened to block BlackBerry corporate e-mail and messaging services unless intelligence and law enforcement agencies get easier access to data by Aug. 31.
NEXT MOVES: The government may soon ask Google Inc. and Skype SA for greater access to encrypted information sent over their e-mail and phone services as well.
THE CONCERNS: The 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, which were coordinated with satellite and cell phones, helped prompt a sweeping security review.
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