BlackBerry users to get free premium apps as compensation
Research in Motion to offer free BlackBerry premium apps worth more than $100 to make up for service disruption
BlackBerry compensation plans: What will SA operators be giving you?
All the South African cellular operators will compensate their subscribers for the recent BlackBerry downtime. Here are the details
BlackBerry users could claim a refund says National Consumer Commissioner
BlackBerry users affected by the recent outage should seek recourse from the National Consumer Commission, Business Day reported on Thursday.
BlackBerry downtime in SA to continue says Vodacom (12 October 2011)
Vodacom informs customers that the BlackBerry downtime is likely to continue for the rest of the day (12 October 2011)
BlackBerry mum on outage
BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa were hit with service disruptions to their smartphones for a second day
BlackBerry Internet services back online (11 October 2011)
Research in Motion reports that the issues causing downtime of their Internet services has been resolved
BlackBerry Public Relations disaster
The BlackBerry speed throttling debacle may come down to poor communication from public relations (PR) departments
Virgin Mobile BlackBerry service launched in South Africa
Virgin Mobile SA and Research In Motion announced the launch of BlackBerry service in South Africa
Social media firms meet UK government for riot talks
Executives from Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. are meeting the British government and police Thursday to discuss how to prevent social networks from being used to plot violence.
RIM threatened for helping British police
Research In Motion was threatened with reprisals Tuesday if it released encrypted communications of its British Blackberry users to help British police quell days of violent looting.
BlackBerry PlayBook will not be available on MTN (4 August 2011)
A statement from MTN informs that the operator will not be selling the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet PC in South Africa