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Blackberry Outage

October 12, 2011 by · Comments Off on Blackberry Outage 

Blackberry OutageBlackberry Outage, BlackBerry users worldwide were exasperated on Wednesday as an interruption of mail services, messaging and mobile Internet in the U.S. spread and Canada and spread until the third day in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Research In Motion Ltd., the Canadian company that manufactures the phones, said users in the Americas “may be experiencing intermittent service delays this morning,” and said it is working to fix the problem.

What seemed to be the biggest blackout in years for BlackBerry users, many of whom reported long instead of “intermittent” loss of service.

Abroad, the problems began on Monday. On Tuesday, RIM said a crucial link in the infrastructure had failed and a backup does not work well. He said it was working to get through an accumulation of traffic. He has not explained why the blackout spread to North America on Wednesday.

The interruption of service, the longest in many years, added to the problems of RIM. The company is struggling with slowing sales, delays in getting new phones out, a tablet has been a failure and the actions that they are approaching a minimum of five years.

The duration of the last interruption would require large companies to rethink the use of the BlackBerry, said Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi. Many of them have kept the phones due to the quality and efficiency of its email system, but is now in question, he said.

Blackberry Outage

October 11, 2011 by · Comments Off on Blackberry Outage 

Blackberry OutageBlackberry Outage, BlackBerry users in Europe, Middle East, Africa and India were cut-mail for several hours, adding to the problems of combating manufacturer Research in Motion, increasingly seen as a takeover target.

Twitter users and Reuters correspondents from Britain to Dubai to New Delhi, reported interruptions or complete outages of your email and BlackBerry Messenger services.

RIM said in an email sent to Reuters New Delhi: “We are working to solve a problem that currently affects some of BlackBerry subscribers in Europe, Middle East and Africa and India.”

In Europe and Canada, which put out an identical, but omits reference to India.

“We are investigating, and we apologize to our customers for any inconvenience caused while this is resolved,” RIM said, declining to give further details.

RIM, which once belonged to the corporate market mobile email, has been losing market share to rivals led by the iPhone smartphone Apple and employees of the boardroom to demanding more choice.

Poor reception of his playbook tablet computer has increased pressure on RIM executives, while a number of senior officials have left.

Outage Monday following last month’s interruption of BlackBerry Messenger in the Americas.

Last month, investors pushed shares of RIM by 20 percent, o $ 3 million in value, sad after quarterly results, raising the prospect of a breakup, sale or new leadership.

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