RIM restores BlackBerry services day after outage

Release Date 11 Oct, 2011 in Reuters

 
   
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BlackBerry downtime aftermath â€" Users warned not to forward BBM spam

FM.co.za - 11 Oct, 2011
RIM, maker of Blackberry, has warned Blackberry users not to forward the spam message doing the rounds on BBM after Monday's internet service blackout, labelling it as a “hoax”. Blackberry service users have been warned not to forward a hoax message ...

BlackBerry users cut off from services

Sky News Australia - 11 Oct, 2011
BlackBerry users were infuriated after they were cut off from email, instant messaging and basic internet services last night. The outages, caused by a fault at Research in Motion (RIM) lasted for several hours affecting millions of users in Europe, ...

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Sky News - 11 Oct, 2011
Millions of BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been cut off from internet and messaging, manufacturer Research In Motion has said. Server problems, believed to have originated in Slough, have left emails, internet and ...

BlackBerry services hit in UAE, Mideast and Europe

gulfnews.com - 11 Oct, 2011
The Daily Telegraph reported that the glitch, which struck at around 10.00 GMT, has affected online services for consumers all over Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Dubai: Millions of BlackBerry users worldwide, including the UAE and rest of the ...

BlackBerry users vent their rage

Independent Online - 11 Oct, 2011
AP The BlackBerry Internet Service in parts of South Africa was not functioning yesterday, in what appeared to be a problem in several parts of the world. “We are working to resolve an issue in Europe, Middle East and Africa,” said Research in Motion ...

Blackberry email services restored

ITN - 11 Oct, 2011
Blackberry email services have now been restored after a server crash left millions of users across Europe, Middle East and Africa without internet service. The company's official twitter support account says that some users may still be experiencing ...

RIM restores BlackBerry services day after outage

Moneycontrol.com - Georgina Prodhan, Will Waterman - 11 Oct, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) - Research in Motion said on Tuesday it had restored BlackBerry services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, some 20 hours after users in EMEA and India first reported problems with email and BlackBerry Messenger. ...

RIM unveils NFC-based BlackBerry Tag

Times of India - 11 Oct, 2011
NEW DELHI: Research In Motion has announced a NFC-based (Near Field Communication) app called BlackBerry Tag, that will let users to connect with one another and share multimedia content. BlackBerry Tag, which will come in the BlackBerry 7 OS update, ...

BB services disrupted in Europe, Middle East, Africa

Hindustan Times - 11 Oct, 2011
The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone confirmed on Monday that an outage had hit some of its services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Canada-based Research in Motion said it was investigating the disruption that has led to many user reports of ...

Blackberry crash leaves users sour

euronews - 11 Oct, 2011
European, Middle Eastern and African users of the Blackberry smartphone were feeling cut off on Monday after a server crash in Slough left them stabbing at their touchpads in despair. The outage began midmorning and left many users feeling lost and out ...

Blackberry blackout over all services finally restored

Moneycontrol.com - 11 Oct, 2011
Millions of BlackBerry users now breathe a sigh of relief as Research in Motion (RIM) confirmed today that all glitches that stalled many services yesterday are taken care of. BlackBerry users lost their internet and messaging services due to ...

BlackBerry users in Europe, Africa, India hit by server problems. Full Article

Reuters India - Georgina Prodhan, Dan Lalor - 11 Oct, 2011
Get the latest news on the go. Visit Reuters India on your mobile device. Full Coverage The fierce fight for Gaddafi's home town in Libya. Slideshow A customer holds a BlackBerry handset at a mobile phone shop in Ahmedabad August 26, 2010. ...

BlackBerry outage hit users globally

Times of India - 11 Oct, 2011
LONDON: BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India suffered email outages for several hours, adding to the woes of struggling manufacturer Research in Motion, increasingly seen as a takeover target. Twitter users and Reuters ...

RIM executive confident in PlayBook

IBNLive.com - 11 Oct, 2011
AP Dubai: Research in Motion Ltd. is "absolutely confident" in its PlayBook tablet despite disappointing sales and aims to appeal to customers already hooked on its BlackBerry smartphones, a company executive said Monday. Patrick Spence, RIM's managing ...

BlackBerry users in India hit by global glitch

Livemint - Shauvik Ghosh - 11 Oct, 2011
New Delhi: An estimated three to four million Blackberry users across India were also affected by a near blackout in the internet and messaging services across Asia and Europe late on Monday. “Blackberry services are currently unavailable across Asia, ...

BlackBerry maker says email services restored

IBNLive.com - 11 Oct, 2011
AP London: The maker of BlackBerry said Monday that email services have been restored on many of its smartphones, after an unexplained glitch cut off Internet and messaging services for large numbers of users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. ...

BlackBerry services collapse in 4 continents

Times of India - 11 Oct, 2011
NEW DELHI/LONDON: Large numbers of BlackBerry users across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa were cut off from the internet and messaging services, phone companies in the affected regions said on Monday. India is estimated to have one million ...

BlackBerry blackout

The Sun - Rhodri Phillips - 11 Oct, 2011
MILLIONS of BlackBerry users lost their internet and messaging services in a major crash yesterday. The huge systems blackout at the firm's data centre in Slough, Berks, hit BB mobiles all over the UK, Europe, the Middle East and ...

BlackBerry services disrupted in Asia, Europe and Africa due to technical glitch

Economic Times - 11 Oct, 2011
MUMBAI: BlackBerry services were disrupted in Asia, Europe and Africa on Monday due to a technical glitch. "We are working to resolve an issue currently impacting some BlackBerry subscribers in Europe, Middle East, Africa and India. ...

BlackBerry glitch cuts off millions

The Independent - Kevin Rawlinson - 11 Oct, 2011
Millions of BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa were cut off yesterday after servers in the UK went down. Customers complained that they could not access the BlackBerry Messenger service â€" one of the handsets' ...

Crackberry: Millions of BlackBerry users left without internet following outage

NEWS.com.au - Claire Connelly - 11 Oct, 2011
A glitch caused internet outages for BlackBerry users in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Picture: AP. Source: AP TENS of millions of BlackBerry users across three continents were left without basic internet services last night following a major ...

Blackberry crashes across Europe

BBC News - 11 Oct, 2011
Email has been restored to Blackberry smartphones after a server crash left millions of users without any services, the company's owner RIM has said. But it warned of continuing delays with instant messaging and browsing services while it worked to ...

BlackBerry server crashes

Times LIVE - Andile Ndlovu - 11 Oct, 2011
Millions of BlackBerry users around the world had their work, business and social lives severely affected yesterday after a server crashed, rendering their smartphones dysfunctional. About midday, users began complaining of not being able to browse the ...

BlackBerry Messenger outage leaves Europe, the Middle East and Africa users ...

Daily Mail - Rob Waugh - 11 Oct, 2011
Blackberry users across the UK were unable to use their devices properly yesterday due to a service blackout. Millions of customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa could not send instant messages or access the internet from about 11am. ...

BlackBerry confirms massive outage

New Zealand Herald - 11 Oct, 2011
BlackBerry services have been problematic worldwide. Photo / AP The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone said that email services had been restored to users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, but some might still have messaging and browsing problems. ...

BlackBerry maker says email services restored

Seattle Post Intelligencer - Raphael G. Satter, Tarek El-Tablawy - 11 Oct, 2011
FILE In this Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 file photo, a dummy BlackBerry handset stands at a shop in Hyderabad, India. Large numbers of BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been cut off from Internet and ...

BlackBerry maker says email services restored

Forbes - Raphael G. Satter, Tarek El-Tablawy - 11 Oct, 2011
LONDON -- The maker of BlackBerry said Monday that email services have been restored on many of its smartphones, after an unexplained glitch cut off Internet and messaging services for large numbers of ...

Blackberry crashes around Europe, Middle East and Africa

ITN - 11 Oct, 2011
Millions of Blackberry users across the world were left without internet services on their smartphones after a server crash. Subscribers were unable to use internet, email or Blackberry Messenger services. The problem is believed to have started in ...

10 lakh BlackBerry users in India hit by global glitch

Hindustan Times - 11 Oct, 2011
Around 10 lakh BlackBerry mobile phone users in India faced difficulties accessing the Internet and using the free messenger services as operations were disrupted in the country and across Europe, West Asia and Africa. The glitch was not rectified till ...

 

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