The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked operators to bar Nokia?s pushmail service until the company implements a legal monitoring system.
Nokia?s messaging services entail push email for companies and consumers and enables users with compatible Nokia handsets to manage multiple email accounts.
This comes after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has asked the DoT and the Ministry of Information Technology to overhaul the existing legal frameworks to broaden the definition of telecom/internet services.
The departments have been asked to implement the necessary changes in the Indian Telegraph Act of 1885, the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2007, the Rules under Telegraph & IT Acts to ensure operator compliance with the demands of the security agencies.
Once the necessary amendments are made, it will be mandatory for operators to implement systems to deliver authorised intercepts based on telephone numbers, device identity, email IDs, IP addresses or keywords to the national security agencies on a real-time basis.
