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Vodafone outage hits Europe, Middle East and Africa - Service now being restored
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Vodafone outage hits Europe, Middle East and Africa - Service now being restored

Posted by Adam Zeis on 11 Jan 2013 9:00 am
Earlier this morning some Vodafone users in the Middle East, Europe and Africa were hit with a service outage according to reports. Users were unable to access email or data services for a few hours but it looks as if now service is slowly being restored. Vodafone had this to say: "Vodafone is working closely with Research in Motion (RIM) to restore full service as soon as possible. As...
T-Mobile users: Is your BlackBerry data working?
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T-Mobile users: Is your BlackBerry data working?

Posted by Adam Zeis on 18 Sep 2012 11:47 am
 *UPDATE* - This issue is now marked as resolved and T-Mobile customers should find their data flowing fine now. It looks like a handful of T-Mobile users are having some issues with BlackBerry data this morning. It appears as if T-Mo may have some kind of problem that is crapping out BlackBerry services, but we're not sure just what the cause is. It feels pretty much like the same issue we...
BBM and emails moving slow, another outage looming? [updated]
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BBM and emails moving slow, another outage looming? [updated]

Posted by Bla1ze on 9 Nov 2011 4:16 pm
*UPDATE* @BlackBerryHelp - We’re getting reports that some users are experiencing delays. We’re investigating and will update you ASAP. ^CB *UPDATE 2* - And all is well again, according to @BlackBerry - BlackBerry services are currently operating normally in EMEIA. While we're hesitant to give this one the honor of being a full scale outage, it appears as though some folks are indeed...
BlackBerry Internet Service down again? (Update: Not RIM's fault)
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BlackBerry Internet Service down again? (Update: Not RIM's fault)

Posted by Adam Zeis on 7 Nov 2011 11:21 am
* Official Update from RIM:  RIM Statement - November 7, 2011: There was a global Internet issue this morning that impacted a number of Internet Service Providers (ISP) around the world. RIM's BlackBerry Infrastructure was not impacted however, some customers may have experienced delays with their ISP. RIM continues to monitor the situation.  * * Update: So it seems the BlackBerry...
Official BlackBerry Service Updates from Research In Motion
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Official BlackBerry Service Updates from Research In Motion

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 12 Oct 2011 10:46 am
If you haven't discovered it yet, Research In Motion is posting updates on the status of BlackBerry service at RIM.com (and on UK.BlackBerry.com). Here's the timeline and where things are at: Wednesday 12th October - 9:45 (GMT-5) BlackBerry subscribers in the Americas may be experiencing intermittent service delays this morning. We are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible...
BlackBerry App World down for you? You're not alone
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BlackBerry App World down for you? You're not alone

Posted by Bla1ze on 3 Feb 2011 5:15 pm
  Having issues with logging into BlackBerry App World today? You're not alone. Many users have been reporting seeing the above error when logging in today or some other variation of. We're not positive as to when it started or when it will be back up. Although, at some point it did seem as though it was back then it went down again. We'll keep you all updated on this when it does come back up...
BIS outage across multiple North American Carriers
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BIS outage across multiple North American Carriers

Posted by ObiGeorge on 29 Jan 2011 10:14 am
*Update 2* - 11:35am EST Many reports of BIS being back up rolling in across all the carriers in question. Issue seems to be resolved. Give it a little time to hit all users across the many regions in question.*Update* - 11:20am EST - It looks like users (including myself) are now able to send emails, but still not receive. Hopefully full email capabilities will be back up soon.It's been quite a...
RIM European NOC currently experiencing data issues
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RIM European NOC currently experiencing data issues

Posted by Adam Zeis on 1 Jun 2010 10:52 am
If you are in Europe you may have noticed that your service is a bit hit or miss this morning. Users are reporting that data services in Europe aren't fairing very well today, and it looks the problem lies with the European NOC. We're not totally sure what the issue is, but things should be in the works of getting resolved shortly. If you are having issues, leave a comment with your carrier/...
RIM Data Outage Continuing Today for Wifi Users?
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RIM Data Outage Continuing Today for Wifi Users?

Posted by Adam Zeis on 9 Mar 2010 11:46 am
According to dataoutages.com, many users are still having issues with both BIS and BES connections for the second day in a row. It seems like the issue is hovering around Wifi connections, where users are having data trouble when Wifi is disconnected. No official word on what the deal is or when it will be fixed, but hopefully it will get resolved at some point today. If you're having spotty...
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CNN Weighs In On Last Weeks BlackBerry Outage

Posted by Adam Zeis on 30 Dec 2009 2:50 pm
Just yesterday we got a great video from CNN on the BlackBerry Boom in Indonesia, and today we came across this one courtesy of @impalass96 regarding last week's data outage. The video makes some good points that we can all relate to ("a stressful period for some") and gives a brief description of what happened to cause the outage. While it doesn't reveal anything terribly detailed, they did...

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