BlackBerry Points to Equipment Failure

Release Date 12 Oct, 2011 in New York Times

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BlackBerry problems hit four continents London Free Press - ‎16 seconds ago‎ By Georgina Prodhan and Paul Sandle, REUTERS Mike Lazaridis, president and co-chief executive officer of Research in Motion, speaks at the RIM Blackberry developers conference in San Francisco, California September 27, 2010. ...
	BlackBerry Outage Really An Outrage Firstpost - 12 Oct, 2011 I'm hosting a Biztech2.com CIO event in Chennai later today and one standard request at the outset of every event is that attendees should switch their phones to silent mode, to ensure that beeps announcing incoming e-mails and instant messages or the ...
	BlackBerry problems hit four continents Moneycontrol.com - 12 Oct, 2011 A series of failures in Research In Motion's private network has disrupted BlackBerry service to millions of customers across four continents. Extensive delays hit Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India on Monday and the problems spread to Brazil, ...
BlackBerry woes caused by 'core switch failure' NDTV.com - 12 Oct, 2011 AP, Updated: October 12, 2011 09:11 IST London: Email and messaging glitches that have plagued BlackBerry users around the world for a second day were caused by a core switch failure, the smartphone's maker said on Tuesday. Research in Motion Ltd. said ...
BlackBerry services hit again Times of India - 12 Oct, 2011 OTTAWA: BlackBerry users across much of the globe experienced outages in key functions for a second straight day on Tuesday, despite maker Research In Motion having said on Monday that it had fixed the problem. The glitches that impaired messaging, ...
	BlackBerry services still disrupted Gulf Daily News - 12 Oct, 2011 MANAMA: BlackBerry services in Bahrain continued to be disrupted for the second day yesterday as its manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) announced it was working to restore it. The company said in a statement they were aware that some users in Europe ...
International BlackBerry outage continues ZDNet Asia - Marguerite Reardon - 12 Oct, 2011 Research In Motion acknowledges that it has still not fixed an infrastructure issue that has knocked out e-mail, BBM, and Web service for millions of customers in Europe, ...
	BlackBerry blackout: The Sun - Rhodri Phillips - 12 Oct, 2011 BLACKBERRY users faced a second day of frustrating disruptions yesterday - leaving them unable to access emails or the internet. The Sun reported yesterday how millions of the smartphone's users across Europe, Africa and the Middle ...
BlackBerry users face second black day; resolving issues, says RIM Indian Express - 12 Oct, 2011 Lakhs of BlackBerry users in India, as also millions abroad, faced problems in accessing the email, messenger and other online services on the smartphone for the second day today, even as the company said it was working to resolve the issues. ...
BlackBerry outages latest black eye for RIM ABC News - Scott Martin - 12 Oct, 2011 Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM is facing pressure from activist shareholders at home while its customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Brazil, Chile and Argentina have complained of service problems and outages over ...
BlackBerry Points to Equipment Failure New York Times - Ian Austen - 12 Oct, 2011 OTTAWA �" The maker of the BlackBerry said on Tuesday that the failure of a critical piece of equipment and a backup system had left BlackBerry users in several parts of the world without instant messaging service or reliable Web browsing ...
BlackBerry problems hit four continents Reuters - Georgina Prodhan, Alastair Sharp - 12 Oct, 2011 1 of 2. A person poses the new Blackberry Torch 9860 at a release party to promote the BlackBerry OS 7 devices in Toronto August 3, 2011. By Georgina Prodhan and Alastair Sharp LONDON/TORONTO (Reuters) - Millions of BlackBerry customers across four ...
BlackBerry has further outages Irish Times - 12 Oct, 2011 Disruptions to BlackBerry services spread to Latin America yesterday, more than a day after users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and India suffered extended outages. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, which is losing share of the corporate ...
RIM Blames BlackBerry Outage on Networking Problem PC Magazine - Mark Hachman - 12 Oct, 2011 Research in Motion said that delays and outages with its BlackBerry service were caused by a core switch failure inside its network, and its was working to catch up to the message backlog. At press time, RIM was working to resolve the ...
	Summary Box: Cause given for BlackBerry troubles Atlanta Journal Constitution - 12 Oct, 2011 AP DAY TWO: There continued to be reports of BlackBerry service disruptions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and fresh problems in Latin America and India. There were no reports of any problems in the US FILE - This file photo taken Sept. ...
Summary Box: Cause given for BlackBerry troubles Forbes - 12 Oct, 2011 By AP , 10.11.11, 07:18 PM EDT DAY TWO: There continued to be reports of BlackBerry service disruptions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and fresh problems in Latin America and India. There were no reports of any problems in the US THE CAUSE: ...
	BlackBerry troubles caused by 'core switch failure' USA Today - Douglas Stanglin - 12 Oct, 2011 Update at 5:23 pm ET: A "core switch failure" is behind the global problems BlackBerry users have been suffering, the smartphone's manufacturer now says. Research in Motion said a transition to a back-up switch did not ...
BlackBerry woes caused by `core switch failure' Economic Times - 12 Oct, 2011 LONDON: Email and messaging glitches that have plagued BlackBerry users around the world for a second day were caused by a core switch failure, the smartphone's maker said Tuesday. Research in Motion Ltd. said the disruptions, which affected users from ...
	International BlackBerry outage continues CNET - Marguerite Reardon - 12 Oct, 2011 BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has still not fully restored e-mail, messaging, and Web service to more than 10 million customers in Europe, the Middle East, parts of South ...
	RIM blames BlackBerry glitches on switch failure CBC.ca - 12 Oct, 2011 Beginning of Story Content Waterloo, Ont.-based Research In Motion Tuesday said the problems that have plagued users of its BlackBerry smartphones worldwide for two days were caused by a core switch failure within the company's infrastructure. ...
RIM global outage caused by core switch failure; fix under way Computerworld - Matt Hamblen - 12 Oct, 2011 Computerworld - BlackBerry service delays experienced by users around the world on Tuesday were caused by a core switch failure within the infrastructure of Research in Motion (RIM), the company said late Tuesday. ...
BlackBerry services remain disrupted for second day Economic Times - 12 Oct, 2011 MUMBAI: Services to all mobile handsets of Research In Motion, the company that operates under the brand name BlackBerry, remained disrupted for the second day in Asia, Europe and Africa due to a glitch at the Canadian firm's end. ...
	BlackBerry email glitch continues and spreads Financial Times - Paul Taylor - 12 Oct, 2011 BlackBerry smartphone owners across Europe, the Middle East and Africa reported continuing problems with their service for a second day amid indications that the problems had spread to users in India and Latin America. ...
To hell with this, I'm switching to iPhone: Second day of BlackBerry chaos ... NEWS.com.au - Cassandra Vinograd - 12 Oct, 2011 From: AP A BlackBerry user displays a text message sent notifying him of the suspension of services in the UAE. Picture: AP Source: AP BLACKBERRY users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa were hit with service disruptions to their smartphones for ...
RIM Users Suffer Second Day Of Outages InformationWeek - Eric Zeman - 12 Oct, 2011 Research In Motion said Tuesday that its BlackBerry service is experiencing more difficulties in Asian, African, and European markets. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Research In Motion acknowledged Tuesday that its BlackBerry service is experiencing ...
	Second outage deepens BlackBerry crisis Telegraph.co.uk - Christopher Williams - 12 Oct, 2011 Millions of BlackBerry mobile users endured a second day without access to the internet on Tuesday, despite a claim by the firm behind the smartphone brand it had “restored” online services in the wake of a similar collapse on Monday. ...
RIM Shareholder Says More Investors Support Push for Sale San Francisco Chronicle - 12 Oct, 2011 Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd. shareholder Jaguar Financial Corp. said more investors support its campaign to urge the BlackBerry maker to sell itself, seek a merger partner or divide into separate companies. Investors owning 8 percent ...
Mobily's BlackBerry subscribers to get 3-day free service Arab News - 12 Oct, 2011 By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has announced that it will compensate its BlackBerry users with an extended three-day service, free of charge, after a widespread BlackBerry service outage across the Middle East due to reasons beyond local ...
BlackBerry services hang for second day Khaleej Times - Muaz Shabandri - 12 Oct, 2011 DUBAI �" BlackBerry users in the UAE and across the world complained of a service outage for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. A statement from the company confirmed that the BlackBerry services were still “experiencing delays”. ...
BlackBerry Outage Totally Unexplained PCWorld - Antony Savvas - 12 Oct, 2011 Mystery surrounds yesterday's huge BlackBerry outage, with manufacturer RIM failing to make the cause of the problem public to users, which include many small businesses who rely on the service. ...