Citing “significant loss of business opportunity and recurring revenues” due to the government’s delay in approving its proposed tie-up with Research in Motion’s (RIM) Blackberry services, Tata Teleservices has now reportedly decided to go ahead with launching the services for its subscribers.

The Blackberry issue had hit the limelight after Tata Teleservices application to the government a couple of months back seeking approval for launch of the services. It was incidentally the first operator who had sought permission to launch the services as other operators like Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance had launched the services without seeking government approval.

A TTSL letter to DoT said, “As you are aware, various operators have been offering BlackBerry services to their customers since a number of years. However, TTSL has got stranded after we applied for clearance, resulting in a significant loss of business opportunity and recurring revenues for last quite a few months.”  

The company also said, “We do appreciate that there are security concerns and concerns on the subject of lawful interception. We, however, feel that having followed procedures to seek approvals we can’t be suffering vis-à-vis such operators who never sought such clearances.”