Research in Motion on Wednesday denied that it struck a deal with Indian officials to provide them with access to information from its BlackBerry Enterprise servers.

"RIM has once again found it necessary to address certain media reports in India containing inaccurate and misleading statements and information based on unsubstantiated claims from unnamed sources," RIM said in a statement. "Our customers can be reassured that the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution continues to be the gold standard for security-conscious organizations in India and worldwide."

The denial came after an Indian newspaper published a story in which an interior ministry official was quoted as saying that RIM had "in principle agreed to provide us recorded data from their servers."

RIM said its discussions with India "have been and continue to be productive and fully consistent with the four core principles we follow in addressing lawful access matters around the world."

The company pointed to the four core principals it follows when addressing lawful access requirements with governments around the world. One of those principles says there will be "no changes to the security architecture for BlackBerry Enterprise Server."

"The security architecture is the same around the world and RIM truly has no ability to provide its customers' encryption keys," RIM said.

At issue is a July request from the Indian government that RIM allow it to monitor activity on BlackBerry services; India threatened to shut down BlackBerry services in the country by August 31 if its demands were not met, but that deadline was eventually delayed. Officials want access to content traveling over the BlackBerry network for security purposes.

Last month, India's Press Information Bureau said "RIM has set up an interim arrangement for lawful interception of BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) services," but did not elaborate. RIM did not comment on the alleged deal.

The controversy in India isn't the only roadblock RIM has faced this fall. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had similar concerns related to data monitoring. RIM is still in talks with the Saudi government, but the UAE dropped plans for an October 11 ban.