BlackBerry users across Europe, Africa and Middle East will probably be ripping out their hair by now, BlackBerry outage on October 10, 2011 has occurred and we are calling out to our readers if they have suffered.
The BlackBerry outage has left millions if users with messaging and Internet problems, in many cases users being cut off totally. RIM has already mentioned that there is a server problem and believed to have started from Slough in UK.
The downtime has left customers without the ability to send emails, access the Internet and not being able to send text messages.
RIM knows that there is a problem and they are investigating, RIM said on its Twitter account “”We apologise to any of our customers in Europe, Middle East & Africa still experiencing issues. We will bring you an update as soon as we can.”
The issue started at around 11.00am BST today, this problem has not affected normal voice-calling services, and it has also been noted according to Sky News that it is consumer users and not business contract users that are suffering the outage.
Vodafone UK has said, “We have been advised that RIM is working to resolve the issue as a matter of urgency.”
If you have been on the receiving end of the BlackBerry outage, please do let us know how you feel. All the information you can give us helps us learn a little more about your service.
If you have experienced such problems, please let us know what service you are having issues with and what area and country you are from. Thanks