<p>TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry launched a service on Tuesday allowing government agencies and corporate clients to secure and manage devices powered by Google Inc's Android platform and Apple Inc's iOS operating system.</p><p>The long-anticipated offering, which BlackBerry had said would come out around mid-year, could help the company sell high-margin services to its large clients even if many, or all, of their workers are using smartphones made by its competitors.</p><p>The new Secure Work Space feature will be managed through BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) 10, a new back-end system launched at the start of this year that allows BlackBerry's clients to control mobile devices on their internal networks.</p><p>The company, a one-time pioneer in the smartphone arena, is now fighting to regain ground lost to Apple's iPhone and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's Galaxy devices. To compete, it has rolled out a trio of devices powered by its new BlackBerry 10 operating system.</p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/25/us-blackberry-security-idUSBRE95O04R20130625">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57590848-94/blackberry-launches-secure-work-space-for-android-iphones/">BlackBerry launches Secure Work Space for Android, iPhones</a> (CNET)</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blackberry-launches-secure-work-space-for-android-ios-7000017258/">BlackBerry launches Secure Work Space for Android, iOS</a> (ZDNet)</p><p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/25/blackberry-launches-secure-work-space-for-ios-and-android/">Blackberry releases Secure Work Space for iOS and Android</a> (Engadget)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dqEwE9fGQil7X9MX9IJzkoqlPKIRM&ned=us">22 additional articles.</a></p>