BlackBerry outage runs into third day

2011-10-12 10:57 by Daniela
Tags: Blackberry, outage

Sporadic outages of BlackBerry messaging and email service spread to the U.S. and Canada on Wednesday, as problems stretched into the third day.

The service disruption, which began in Europe and the Middle East on Monday, spread to India and Latin America on Tuesday. Some Canadian Twitter users on Wednesday were reporting service outages as well and users in the US were also reported to be experiencing problems. Research In Motion, BlackBerry's manufacturer, says a "core switch failure" caused the problems outside the Americas and that it's working on the problem

"The resolution of this service issue is our Number One priority right now and we are working night and day to restore all BlackBerry services to normal levels," the company said Wednesday.