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Mobile and Telecoms

Etisalat reduces BIS charges by 50%

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Mobile operators Etisalat and MTN have reduced their charges for their Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) offering by 50 per cent in Nigeria. The decision was made shortly after Mobile Number Portability (MNP) came into effect in the country. “Etisalat had...
Mobile and Telecoms

MTN clarifies confusion over BIS offering

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South African mobile service operator MTN has clarified a number of points surround their Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) offerings, as speculation from customers resulted in rumours that the mobile service provider would discontinuing its BIS offering. “As a customer-centric organisation,...
Mobile and Telecoms

MTN to possibly throttle BlackBerry internet usage

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MTN is introducing new measures aimed at ensuring an improved Internet experience for all BlackBerry customers on its network. The company has announced that it will put in place regular traffic monitoring measures to counter the negative impact on the network...
Mobile and Telecoms

RIM apologises for recent BIS outage

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Research In Motion, the makers of BlackBerry device, yesterday apologised to their users who experienced a BIS blackout in the Europe, Middle East and Africa.  Thorsten Heins, RIM President and CEO, released a statement in which he personally apologised...
Mobile and Telecoms

8ta’s new social and email plan for BlackBerry users

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South African mobile operator 8ta announced a new BlackBerry Social & Email plan, which is a BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) offering. This plan offers, in addition to BBM, BlackBerry mail, Internet browser, social networking, and BlackBerry App World, a web-based e-mail...
Mobile and Telecoms

Vodacom tightens noose on BlackBerry users

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South African mobile operator Vodacom has started the implementation of new measures that will prevent users from abusing BlackBerry’s fixed-fee unlimited internet browsing. It was revealed last year that 5% of the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) users  were circumventing preventative...
Mobile and Telecoms

Vodacom developing BlackBerry internet alternative

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Good news for Vodacom users as the company hinted at offering unlimited data packages for mobile users to rival BlackBerry’s BIS (BlackBerry Internet Services) packages. "We are definitely looking at those ," Nomsa Thusi,  Vodacom Corporate Communications executive head, told News24...
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Video: RIM CEO apologises for BlackBerry disruptions

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Mobile and Telecoms

BlackBerry: All systems go

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After nearly three days of disruptions to their Blackberry Internet Service, Research In Motion has released a new statement, announcing that all systems are currently up and running "with significant improvement". “Research In Motion (RIM), the company behind the BlackBerry...
Mobile and Telecoms

Virgin Mobile to refund BlackBerry users

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Virgin Mobile South Africa has announced that its subscribers will receive a refund for the time the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) was interrupted. Virgin Mobile CEO, Steve Bailey said the refund will take the form of a R50 airtime credit to...
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