BlackBerry users have been hit by a major outage
reportedly affecting the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) across parts
of Africa, the Middle East and Europe, including the UK.The extent of the problem isn’t yet clear, but BlackBerry owners and service providers in the UK are blaming Research In Motion (RIM)for the problem, and the Canadian company confirmed the downtime in a short statement earlier today.
"We are working to resolve an issue currently impacting some BlackBerry subscribers in Europe, Middle East and Africa," RIM said. "We're investigating, and we apologise to our customers for any inconvenience caused whilst this is resolved."
The glitch began disrupting services from 11am (GMT). Users have been unable to browse the web, send or receive emails, or use the BlackBerry Messenger instant messaging service (BBM).
