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BlackBerry Service Is Dead Around the World. Again. (Updated)

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History’s repeated itself in record time, with hapless RIM’s messaging, email, and web services all collapsing in a wheezing heap of death across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Reuters reports. The problem? Same as yesterday: a crashed European server.

https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-service-dies-for-millions-around-the-world-5848216

Giz readers from South Africa to Chile have confirmed the new outage to me, with some saying they never had their service restored in the first place. Once again, if you’re having BBM problems, shoot me a line. [Reuters]

Update: I’ve received independent confirmations of outages in the UAE, Netherlands, Turkey, France, and India.


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