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Germany holds elections on Sunday after its three-party "traffic light" coalition collapsed last year and could soon have a "black-red" government while a "Jamaica" or "blackberry" alliance is less likely. - Colourful coalitions - Scholz's collapsed red-yellow-green coalition was dubbed the "traffic light" government.

The government has said that there is no threat, whatsoever, from blackberry services, even as security agencies insist on intercepting data sent through the service fearing it could be used by terrorists.

Amid raging controversy over Blackberry operations by mobile service providers, the government ruled out banning the service but said security aspects would be looked into.

The government has asked telecom companies to make possible within 15 days, monitoring of content transmitted through Blackberry or stop the service.

Putting the lid on a brewing controversy, the government on Friday ruled out any disruption in blackberry services being provided by mobile operators.

Research In Motion's popular BlackBerry email and messenger services will be shut down if the Canadian maker does not address India's security concerns by August 31, a senior govt source has said.

Till the conflict of expectations is reconciled, the fate of blackberry services will continue to hang in the balance.

Communications Minister A Raja has said that the home ministry is still not convinced by the security solution offered by BlackBerry stakeholders.

If the government goes ahead with its warning of termination of services, over four lakh users of BlackBerry would not be able to access their emails on their handsets.

In a development that could impact blackberry services and also the ongoing discussions with its maker Research in Motion over security concerns, DoT (the department of telecom) has said that no permission was given to start the service in the country.

Following the announcement of shutting down its services in Pakistan on November 30 over the country’s demand to allow it to monitor the services, Blackberry confirmed on Monday that it will delay its exit from the country until December 30 as government authorities had sought a one-month extension in the deadline.

The future of the service remains precarious till its manufacturer Research In Motion is able to offer the home ministry a permanent solution.

Seems like the unavailibity of Blackberry messenger services for two consecutive days is getting to our message happy celebs.

blackberry services are offered by Canadian firm Research-In-Motion enabling subscribers to send and receive e-mails in the form of SMS.

The government has given telecom companies providing blackberry services a deadline of 15 days to adhere to security norms or risk termination.

The government on Wednesday said the country's security agencies have expressed dissatisfaction over the solution provided by BlackBerry smartphone maker Research-In-Motion.

The United Arab Emirates backed off a threat to cut key services on BlackBerry smart phones Friday, just days before the ban was set to take effect.

After months of speculation and warnings, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has agreed to give security agencies partial access to its messenger services by Sept 1 and complete the project by year-end.

The UAE will not suspend Research in Motion’s BlackBerry service this month, the country’s telecommunications regulator said.

The government has said that there is no threat, whatsoever, from blackberry services, even as security agencies insist on intercepting data sent through the service as they fear it could be used by terrorists.