<A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080211/ap_on_hi_te/blackberry_outage">A major service outage afflicted users of the BlackBerry smartphone</A> across the United States and Canada on Monday, wireless carriers said. Officials with AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless said BlackBerry maker Research in Motion told them customers of all wireless carriers were affected.
It was not immediately clear how many BlackBerry subscribers had problems, as some users reported being able to access their service normally Monday afternoon.