"People are buying Blackberry. There is no threat from Blackberry services," Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura told reporters on the sidelines of a telecom summit here.
The Blackberry services had come under the government scanner with the Ministry of Home Affairs and security agencies asking the vendor not to list any fresh subscriber till a server is placed in India to monitor contents.
Security agencies are of the view that unintercepted data through the network of Research-In-Motion (RIM), the makers of Balckberry, could be used by terrorists.
Asked if the government would give approval to companies that have applied for starting Blackberry services which included the Tatas, he said, "BSNL also wants to start the service. There is no permission needed for starting value- added services. We have not given permission to anybody, we have not disallowed anybody."
"So there is no question of giving permission to anybody. We do not consider any application for value-added services or Blackberry services. We have given permission to none.. They do not have to seek our permission to start any service," he said.
He further added, "Security people have raised certain issues and there is discussion is going on... There will be continued discussions".