India will ask Google, Skype to give data access: govt

September 1, 2010 10:54 AM EDT

India will send notices to Google and Skype asking them to set up servers in the country and give access to its internet data, a top interior ministry official said on Wednesday.

Concerned about militants using BlackBerry or Internet to plan attacks, India is pushing the smartphone maker Research in Motion, Google and Skype to open up its data for government monitoring.

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