Blackberry Malfunction Shuts Down Service To Millions

Blackberry Malfunction Shuts Down Service To Millions

Technical problems at Research in Motion cut off wireless e-mail service to millions of BlackBerry users in the United States for more than 10 hours overnight.

Mark Siegel, a spokesman for AT&T Wireless, which has the largest BlackBerry customer base in the world, said the service was lost to all carriers in the United States about 8 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday. R.I.M., which did not respond to requests for comment, told AT&T that the problem that caused the shutdown was resolved by 6 a.m. today. However, the enormous backlog of e-mails that must now be processed will continue to delay or disrupt service for some users.

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