Although BlackBerry's official announcement had the Priv arriving in the UAE early January and in KSA during the first half of January, the folks at Axiom Telecom were taking preorders for the earlier date of December 27, 2015. With that date now behind us, those who never preordered can now also pick up a BlackBerry Priv from Axiom.
While folks in Italy haven't had too hard of a time getting their hands on a brand new BlackBerry Priv through retailers such as Amazon and Euronics, BlackBerry has finally made the Priv release in Italy official.
As announced on Twitter by BlackBerry Mid East, the Android-powered Priv will be made available in the UAE early January and in KSA during the first half of January.
Just a quick, friendly reminder for those of you holding shares of BBRY that BlackBerry will be reporting results for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 on Friday, December 18, 2015. The conference call and live webcast will be held beginning at 8 am ET, which can be accessed by dialing 888-428-9507 or by logging onto the BlackBerry Investors site.
A Brazilian court has issued a block on the massively-popular messenger service WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook. This temporary block will remain in place 48 hours starting this evening.
Adding another region to the growing list of areas which Priv is available, BlackBerry has now officially launched the device in Malaysia. Customers looking to pick up a Priv can now preorder the device through 11street with special offers in place if you're quick.
Back in July it became known that Pakistan's Telecommunication Authority had ordered local carriers to shut off BlackBerry Enterprise Services beginning November 30, 2015. With that date now close, Chief Operating Officer at BlackBerry, Marty Beard has taken to the company blog to explain further why BlackBerry is exiting Pakistan.
BlackBerry has now announced the BlackBerry Priv will be available from December 5th, 2015 in Vietnam. Additionally, from now until December 4th, 2015, customers who pre-order the BlackBerry Priv through select BlackBerry partners, will be eligible for a free Smart flip case, valued at VND 1,200,000 as a bonus while supplies last.
Pre-orders for the BlackBerry Priv have officially started in Hong Kong. You'll be able to order the upcoming Android-powered smartphone from local carriers and retailers.
Interswitch, Africa's leading digital payments and commerce provider, has announced the integration of its Quickteller services with BlackBerry's BBM.