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

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NEW DELHI, Sept 1 | Wed Sep 1, 2010 6:21am EDT

NEW DELHI, Sept 1 (Reuters) - India will send notices to Google (GOOG.O) 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 (RIM.TO), Google (GOOG.O) and Skype to open up its data for government monitoring. (Reporting by C.J. Kuncheria; editing by Malini Menon)

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