After Blackberry, seems Google and Skype are the firms to face ban in India. Skype, the Internet phone service, and Google, which uses powerful encryption technology for its Gmail service, are likely to be amid the line of firms to come under New Delhi’s scanner.

According to the spokesman for the home ministry, if a company is providing telecom services in India then all communications must be available to Indian security services. If Google or Skype have an element that is not easily reached, that will not be possible. The message is the same for everybody.

According to the close sources, Skype, which uses Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VOIP) technology that sends calls over the Internet, poses a difficulty for the domestic intelligence services.

As per the reports by the Press Trust of India, notices would be sent to Skype and US Internet giant Google.

India is also targeting virtual private networks(VPN)”, which give employees secure access to their company networks when they are working out of the office.