BlackBerry users suffer service outage

BlackBerry users across the EMEA region have been cut off from service by a major fault at Research In Motion (RIM). The glitch was affecting online services for consumers across the region, which is reportedly served by a RIM data centre in Slough.

Users have been unable to browse the Internet or open instant messages, or access other Internet services such as email.

A RIM spokesman was not immediately available for comment. Users who are served by a corporate server appeared to be unaffected.

On one of its official Twitter feeds, however, T-Mobile UK said: “There is an issue with BlackBerry services at present. RIM is investigating this at present."