BlackBerry outages spread to North America

Release Date 12 Oct, 2011 in Reuters

 
   
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Outage spreads to North America on Wednesday

CNN (blog) - 12 Oct, 2011
(CNN) -- Millions of BlackBerry users remained without service on Wednesday as a three-day outage spread to North America. "BlackBerry subscribers in the Americas may be experiencing intermittent service delays this morning," Research in Motion, ...

BlackBerry outages spread to North America

Moneycontrol.com - 12 Oct, 2011
A three-day disruption to BlackBerry services spread to North America on Wednesday, frustrating users of the Research In Motion devices just two days before rival Apple's new iPhone 4S goes on sale. RIM advised clients of an outage in the Americas and ...

More headaches for BlackBerry

Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) - Christopher Seward - 12 Oct, 2011
The headaches BlackBerry customers are experiencing with messaging and browsing delays around the world could not have come at a worse time for the company behind the smartphone. With Apple's iPhone 4S hitting stores this Friday and pre-orders topping ...

Canadians report BlackBerry service disruptions

CTV.ca - 12 Oct, 2011
An unspecified number of Canadian BlackBerry users experienced service problems on Wednesday morning, as Research In Motion scrambled to get its networks functioning normally. Canadian users reported having problems accessing their email, ...

BlackBerry outages spread to North America

Los Angeles Times - 12 Oct, 2011
AP Sporadic outages of BlackBerry messaging and email service spread to the US and Canada on Wednesday, as problems stretched into the third day for Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. US Twitter users were reporting that their BlackBerrys weren't ...

RIM tells BlackBerry users of outage in Americas

Reuters - Euan Rocha - 12 Oct, 2011
A person poses the new Blackberry Torch 9860 at a release party to promote the BlackBerry OS 7 devices in Toronto August 3, 2011. TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion advised some clients on Wednesday that it was dealing with a BlackBerry outage in ...

Blackberry problems spread to USA

BBC News - 12 Oct, 2011
Users began to report outages on Wednesday, with many turning to Twitter to complain about their lack of email. The latest development follows two days of sporadic blackouts across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Blackberry's owner, RIM, said that ...

Blackberry Outage Spreads to US

ABC News (blog) - Ned Potter - 12 Oct, 2011
Does your BlackBerry work today? Research In Motion, whose BlackBerry service has had reported outages in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and parts of Asia already this week, has acknowledge problems with North American services today as well. ...

BlackBerry outages spread to North America

Reuters - J.P. Moczulski, Greg Mahlich - 12 Oct, 2011
A shareholder uses a Blackberry while waiting for the Research In Motion annual meeting to begin in Waterloo, Ontario, July 17, 2007. By Georgina Prodhan LONDON (Reuters) - A three-day disruption to BlackBerry services spread to North America on ...

BlackBerry service outages spread to Canada

CBC.ca - 12 Oct, 2011
Beginning of Story Content Technical glitches that have affected millions of BlackBerry users around the world spread to Canada on Wednesday morning as widespread outages were reported for the smartphone's text and email services. ...

BlackBerry outage spreads to Americas

National Post (registration) - Georgina Prodhan - 12 Oct, 2011
LONDON â€" A three-day disruption to BlackBerry services spread to North America on Wednesday, frustrating users of the Research In Motion devices just two days before rival Apple's new iPhone 4S goes on sale. ...

BlackBerry services disrupted for third day

IBNLive.com - 12 Oct, 2011
PTI | 07:10 PM,Oct 12,2011 New Delhi/Ottawa, Oct 12 (PTI) Scores of BlackBerry users faced problems in accessing the e-mail, messenger and other online services on their smartphones for the third day today, but service providers said they have no plans ...

BlackBerry woes caused by switch

Boston Globe - 12 Oct, 2011
AP / October 12, 2011 LONDON - E-mail 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 yesterday. Research in Motion Ltd. said the disruptions, ...

BlackBerry service issues spread to US and Canada

CNET - Marguerite Reardon - 12 Oct, 2011
BlackBerry subscribers throughout the world continued to experience disruptions in service for a third consecutive day as problems with Research In Motion's equipment in its data ...

BlackBerry outages persist into third day

CanadianBusiness.com - 12 Oct, 2011
By AP | October 12, 2011 NEW YORK (AP) â€" Messaging and email service was still sporadic Wednesday for BlackBerry users in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, as outages stretched into their third day. The widespread problems added to the woes of ...

BlackBerry outages spread to North America

Reuters - Shannon Stapleton, Greg Mahlich - 12 Oct, 2011
A person uses the T-Mobile Blackberry on subway tracks at West 14th street and 8th avenue in New York September 27, 2011. By Georgina Prodhan LONDON (Reuters) - A three-day disruption to BlackBerry services spread to North America on Wednesday, ...

Hiccups in BlackBerry Service Continue

New York Times - 12 Oct, 2011
By AP Messaging and e-mail service was still sporadic Wednesday for BlackBerry users in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, as outages stretched into their third day, and some reports said the glitches had spread to North America. ...

Three-Day BlackBerry Outage Finds Its Way into the US

TIME - Doug Aamoth - 12 Oct, 2011
BlackBerry service interruptions have been making their way across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India and parts of South America over the past couple of days, with reports now surfacing that customers in the US ...

If you have an iPhone, e-mail RIM about BlackBerry woes

Globe and Mail - 12 Oct, 2011
These are stories Report on Business is following Wednesday, Oct. 12. Get the top business stories through the day on BlackBerry or iPhone by bookmarking our mobile-friendly webpage. Research In Motion Ltd. RIM-T is feeling today, trying to fix a ...

BlackBerry outages persist into third day

The Associated Press - 12 Oct, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) â€" Messaging and email service was still sporadic Wednesday for BlackBerry users in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, as outages stretched into their third day. The widespread problems added to the woes of Research In Motion Ltd., ...

BlackBerry outages persist into third day

CBS News - 12 Oct, 2011
FILE - This file photo taken Sept. 8, 2011, shows a BlackBerry smartphone using the "Messenger" service, in Berlin. BlackBerry users were hit with service disruptions to their smartphones for a second day on Tuesday Oct. 11, 2011 after an unexplained ...

BlackBerry Outages Spread to North America

Fox Business - Jennifer Booton - 12 Oct, 2011
Research in Motion (RIMM) warned on Wednesday that BlackBerry outages have started to spread into North and South America, the third straight day since the smartphone maker initially reported global service problems. ...

Millions affected as BlackBerry outage spreads to North America

Globe and Mail - 12 Oct, 2011
Research In Motion (RIM) held an event Aug. 3, 2011, where select fans/ users of RIM devices got a sneak peak at their three newest smart phones. â€"Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail A BlackBerry outage that is affecting millions of the users of the smartphone ...

BlackBerry outages persist into third day

Forbes - Peter Svensson, Adam Schreck - 12 Oct, 2011
NEW YORK -- Messaging and email service was still sporadic Wednesday for BlackBerry users in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, as outages stretched into their third day. The widespread problems added to ...

Canadians affected on 3rd day of BlackBerry glitches

CTV.ca - 12 Oct, 2011
TORONTO â€" Technical glitches that have affected millions of BlackBerry users around the world spread to Canada on Wednesday morning as widespread outages were reported for the smartphone's text and email services. It was the third day of problems for ...

BlackBerry outages persist into third day

Atlanta Journal Constitution - Peter Svensson - 12 Oct, 2011
AP NEW YORK â€" Messaging and email service was still sporadic Wednesday for BlackBerry users in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, as outages stretched into their third day. FILE - This file photo taken Sept. ...

BlackBerry Issues Spread to US as Millions Are Cut Off Worldwide

Fox News - 12 Oct, 2011
AP Photo/Oliver Lang BlackBerry users were hit with service disruptions to their smartphones for a second day on Tuesday Oct. 11, 2011 after an unexplained glitch cut off Internet and messaging services for large numbers of users across Europe, ...

BlackBerry outage runs into third day

Financial Times - Paul Taylor, Maija Palmer - 12 Oct, 2011
Millions of BlackBerry smartphone owners faced a third day of problems with their email and messaging services as outages appeared to be spreading to north America. With no sign that Research In Motion, manufacturer of the smartphones, ...

What the BB?! BlackBerry outage pings India hard

NDTV.com - 12 Oct, 2011
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 the disruptions - which affected users from ...

BlackBerry services woes hit United States, Canada in worldwide fault

ZDNet (blog) - Zack Whittaker - 12 Oct, 2011
In a third day of outages, BlackBerry service disruption has hit the United States and Canada, the company has said. BlackBerry users have once again taken to social networking sites and microblogging ...

 

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