Ben Flanagan
Oct 10, 2011
BlackBerry users in the UAE were unable to send messages for a time today after a collapse in service across the Middle East, Europe and Africa caused by "network issues".
Millions of users worldwide were hit by the disruption to smartphone services, which include mobile internet and the popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM).
BlackBerry told The National that services had been disrupted in several countries.
"We've had some network issues that we're trying to resolve," said Patrick Spence, the managing director for global sales and regional marketing at Research in Motion, which makes the phones.
"That was just today, in the last few hours," he added, saying that the issue was caused by unspecified technical problems.
Users in the UAE reported problems with the BBM service via Twitter.
"I can't survive without BBM," one Abu Dhabi resident wrote on the social networking site.
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