EMEA BlackBerry Outage Caused by Vodafone Service Router Issues
It seems like Vodafone is once again struggling with keeping their networks up. They just had an outage in September and now another one today. RIM has confirmed that there is an outage impacting some BlackBerry Customers in EMEA but this is being caused by Vodafone service issues not RIM’s infrastructure. Vodafone confirmed that it…
Rick Mercer Introduces The “BlackBerry Outàge” (Humor)
I really don’t see much of Rick Mercer but Kevin @CrackBerry spotted a humorous skit Mercer has recently done. Mercer pretends to launch “The BlackBerry Outàge” as a play on RIM’s NOC outages over the years. Its obviously glossing over technical facts like voice working and over the top acting but its still worth…
Thorsten Heins Apologizes for Today’s Outage in EMEA
Now that the outage we told you about is over in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East it is nice to see RIM following up. RIM’s CEO and President, Thorsten Heins, put out a statement apologizing for the outage today. Heins confirmed that the outage lasted up to 3 hours and up to 6%…
RIM Confirms Short UK Outage Is Over (Vodafone Specific?)
It seems like Vodafone users in the UK and elsewhere in Europe were having BIS issues earlier this morning. From what we are hearing it seems like the outage is over and was caused by an upgrade/maintenance gone bad. I was not aware of maintenance happening in EMEA today since there is a window scheduled…
Verizon Dealing With Large Data Outage Across the Country
If you have been wondering why your phone is not getting any new email or have been seeing people staring at their phones wondering why they are not working this might be why. We are hearing from multiple tipsters and sources that Verizon is tackling a large data outage. They confirmed as much to The…
Free SimCity Deluxe and The Sims 3 Courtesy of RIM
We have two more gifts from RIM’s outage gift in their Thank You category. The latest are coming from Electronics Arts with two Sims games. They both seem to be for a nice range of devices but let us know if you run into any issues. Kudos to @rr_yy for spotting them! Download SimCity…
RIM Official Statement on Today’s Outage Caused by “Global Internet Issue”
It looks like those issues many users were experiencing this morning may have nothing to do with RIM’s infrastructure or BIS NOCs. From what RIM is saying and other reports the issue seems to stem from ISP’s up and down stream from RIM beyond RIM’s networks. Here is their official statement: November 7, 2011 –…
Bejeweled Offered Free by EA as Part of RIM’s “Outage Gift” for Older Devices
The apps RIM is offering as part of their complimentary gift to make up for their outage now includes Bejeweled from EA games. The game is actually quite fun and supports most devices until BlackBerry 7 for some reason. My current Curve 9350 is not supported along with the 9900… Either way if you have…