Research In Motion, a Canadian maker of BlackBerry phones, said the problems that have been affecting users were caused by the failure of one of its servers.
A press release by Research In Motion reads:
"The problems with delays in messaging and navigation that some BlackBerry users are experiencing is due to a failure in the core switching infrastructure at RIM (Research In Motion).
On April 22, the smart-phone was officially launched in Panama, Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago.
The BlackBerry Storm™ cellular phone will be available in May through four mobile phone operators. The price, not including the service, will be around $600 and $750.
David M. Añón, director of Channel Marketing in Latin American for Research In Motion (RIM), commented to Padigital.com.pa: "Panama has become a center of economic and commercial importance where users seek state-of-the-art technology in a single device."
Canadian brand BlackBerry is looking to increase its participation in Guatemala, in the segment of "Professional" individual users.
Oscar Castellano, director of business affairs for Research In Motion Limited (RIM), the distributor of the device, said that last quarter they sold 2.6 million units worldwide, of which 1.6 million were acquired by professionals and the rest by the corporate (business) segment.
The Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) announced yesterday that it will be available to the public in the second week of October.
Research In Motion (RIM), global distributor of the device, also took part in the announcement. The models that will be sold in the country are BlackBerry Peral 8120 and BlackBerry Curve 8320.