BlackBerry may set up server in Bangladesh

The Canadian smartphone brand BlackBerry, known for offering unparalleled security in communication, has expressed interest in setting up a server farm in Bangladesh to appease the home ministry's security concerns, in a bid to tap into the market.
“A team from BlackBerry recently came to discuss some intelligence issues,” said Sunil Kanti Bose, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
BlackBerry had earlier come under the BTRC lens after an intelligence wing of the government sounded the alarm bells over the device's encryption algorithms which are robust to decryption attempts by even supercomputers.
As per licensing terms and conditions in most countries, the government reserves the right to gain access to telecom service providers' networks as and when it deems necessary.
But this lawful interception to monitor e-mails or instant messages comes to little use in cases of subscribers with BlackBerry handsets, as the messages sent from the devices are highly encrypted to protect privacy.
Because of the rock-solid security that the device offers, it has been said to be misused by many, the point of concern for the home ministry.
BlackBerry services are currently provided by Grameenphone and Airtel that together have 6,325 subscribers.
All subscribers use postpaid services, with BTRC and law enforcement agencies having easy access to information on them via their SIM registrations.
“But once the server is set up, prepaid subscribers will also be able to use BlackBerry handsets in Bangladesh,” Bose added.