Government Bans Nokia’s Push EMail Service In India

by Kunal on April 16, 2011

Department of Telecommunication in India have decided to ban Nokia’s push email service. Government came up as a setback to Nokia’s proposal which they called as-pushmail or powermail. Government said this service cannot be approved until Nokia assure setup of legal monitoring system in India that will allow the government to monitor communications sent and received on devices.

“In view of the Intelligence Bureau’s report, Department of Telecommunications is requested to advice the Telecom Service Providers not to launch Nokia’s proposed pushmail/powermail service without putting in place monitoring facilities to the satisfaction of the LEAs,” Ministry of Home Affairs said in a communication to Department of Telecom.

This is a kind of setback for Nokia which is already suffer from down-line because of Android and iOS smartphones.

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http://www.techspere.com Amit Arora

Please stop spreading Wrong information, DOT has issue warnings to Nokia and TElecom operators.. Read this

http://www.techspere.com/weird-tech-news/dot-asks-nokia-to-allow-security-agencies-to-access-push-mail-service
- http://www.techhogger.com Kunal
  
  Hi Amit.
  Nice to read your comment. Before I start with anything let me tell you your comment was in my spam box, just like spammed words. If you will read my article I have mentioned “Government said this service cannot be approved until Nokia assure setup of legal monitoring system in India that will allow the government to monitor communications sent and received on devices.” A normal English understanding person could have made out what I meant to say from this line. You have not written something different on your blog on the link you provided
  It’s better to read the whole article properly before you try to publicize your link!
  For more information you can trust a more reliable source: Economic Time’s link: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-04-14/news/29417507_1_nokia-s-e-series-home-ministry-enterprise-mail-services
  I hope it’s clear to you by now what is a wrong information called.
  Nice to see your comment.
http://www.techspere.com Amit Arora

Hi Kunal,

Thank you enlightening me with your views, Your head line says “Government Bans Nokia’s Push EMail Service In India”. If tomorrow I write that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is dead and then write he would die in a few years. would both be the same.

Well that’s the problem with we Bloggers we Jump to conclusions. What I was trying say is that the services is not Banned they have been warned, Just like Blackberry was.

You went to the conclusion just like others did without investigating the background. And please do not be under the impression that I was trying to spam your comments box for back links. I want the internet to be free unlike Press and TV Media.

Please Pass the right knowledge. However I really appreciate your reply as some other big Media houses and Bloggers did not have the courage to reply back.
Regards,

Amit Arora
- http://www.techhogger.com Kunal
  
  Hi Amit Arora,
  Greeting, and nice to see you back. I thought next time you will come to comment at TechHogger, you would do your homework. I’ve provided you IndiaTimes link. I and in fact no one can make you really understand if you are not ready to understand what a Nations Daily newspaper is saying. You are talking about my headline? But the Indiatimes headline says: “DoT bans Nokia’s pushmail; telcos to put monitoring system” which says the same thing. In my article I’m saying that the government has banned the service and has asked Nokia to put monitoring system for the government, where the Bureau can check for the security threads.
  I really suggest you to research before you comment next time at TechHogger (Don’t worry, you have Right To Speak, and each time you comment here your comment will be approved.). For your convenience I’m providing you with some more reliable sources:
  BGR: http://www.bgr.com/2011/04/15/india-bans-nokias-push-email-service/
  FoneArena: http://www.fonearena.com/blog/35404/department-of-telecom-bans-nokias-push-email-service-in-india.html
  If you want some more I’ll really be happy to provide you some more resources.
  
  You were right Amit “we Bloggers we Jump to conclusions”, but with the quality of blogging increasing so much in India and around the world I rarely see any blogger comment on any blog without specific research and I again request you to read my article carefully.
http://www.techspere.com Amit Arora

Hi Kunal,

Thanks for replying, I really appreciate your sarcastic comments.

Indian press is down to the Dustbins these days, and I don’t believe them any more. If you agree or believe them you should read the Sacktivist article on my website. ( I did not put any link because it gives you wrong Signals)

Let me give you some better examples of the same article where it they have refrained themselves from using the Word “Banned” and used words like Hold back.

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-04-12/news/29410023_1_home-ministry-nokia-india-telecom-ministry

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/04/india-wants-to-ban-nokia-messaging-services/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/16/india-wants-to-spy-on-nokia-users-blackberry-fans-no-longer-fee/

Enjoy the rest of the night
- http://www.techhogger.com Kunal
  
  You make me smile everytime you comment!
  You said me Indiatimes refrained word “ban”. Well I don’t know whether you noticed or not. No problem I’ll make you notice that. I gave you Indiatime’s link:
  http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-04-14/news/29417507_1_nokia-s-e-series-home-ministry-enterprise-mail-services which was written on 14th April. And you provided me link: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-04-12/news/29410023_1_home-ministry-nokia-india-telecom-ministry which has been written on 12th April. So you mean to say we had a reverse calender and Indiatimes refrained it to ban!
  
  I appreciate your comment but still does not know in which language I can make you understand. “Government have banned and has asked Nokia to put monitoring system. The service wont be working until it has been done”. I hope you understand this.
  
  Coming to your second source “Engadget” who is the premium of all tech blog. It has been written on Engadget that “According to The Economic Times, the Department of Telecommunications is being asked to hold back the service until the intelligence community has a way to spy on messages being sent”. Did you read “hold back” Amit? Is it clear to you now what they want to say? And yes one more thing to notice at Engadget article. Engadget have written via at the end of the article. Do read the headline of the sources Engadget have provided. Which is Indiatimes and BGR, whose reference I’ve already given you. Aren’t you still clear Amit?
  
  We are not here to prove anything wrong or right, but you came up with allegation of spreading wrong news and it’s my job to satisfy my readers with the accurate of information. No person reading this article would criticize!
  Keep rocking!