MTN has reduced pricing on its internet data bundles and packages from 1 March 2013, as part of MTN’s efforts to offer its customers a “World-class Internet experience”. The news comes after their controversial move to hard-cap their BlackBerry Internet Service package to 200MB, the new plan dubbed BlackBerry Absolute Plan, will stop all internet services ...

MTN has taken the first steps at limiting / controlling BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) abuse by implementing a 200MB hard-cap dubbed the BlackBerry Absolute Plan. The “Absolute Plan” will cost R59 per month and will replace the current flat-rated “unlimited” MTN BIS plan. According to MTN, the majority of their BlackBerry customers fall within a ...

Vodacom has launched RIM‘s next generation smartphone – the new BlackBerry Z10, powered by the latest BlackBerry 10 OS. The Z10 is now available from Vodacom World in Midrand and will be available from other Vodacom stores on 22 February 2013. “We’re delighted that today our customers are among the first in Africa to experience ...

MTN has launched three new BlackBerry Internet Service plans at reduced rates and will implemented data caps. This news comes as rival local mobile operators – 8ta and Cell C launched their new BIS plans in late June 2012 - which offered BlackBerry Messaging and Social services at R30 and R27 per month respectively. MTN’s existing BlackBerry Internet Service plan ...

Local mobile operator Cell C has launhced two new BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) plans – BlackBerry Social, and BlackBerry Social and Email. Pre-paid and Top Up customers can activate the new BlackBerry service plans via USSD code *147# or via a customer service agent, BlackBerry Social is available for R27 per month and R37 per ...

Local mobile operator 8ta has launched a new BlackBerry social and email plan which is a BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) that offers BBM, BlackBerry mail, internet browser, social networking, and BlackBerry App World and a web-based e-mail account (8ta-mail, Gmail or Yahoo mail) for R30 prepaid. “We are dedicated to providing our customers’ real value ...

8ta has just announced their latest product – the BlackBerry Internet Service Prepaid Voucher, the voucher which cost R600, offers prepaid subscribers R600 once-off airtime with free BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) plus 500MB YouTube streaming monthly for the next six(6) months. This means you get BIS subscription and 500MB YouTube streaming which is worth R354 ...

8ta has launched their CELEBR8 and PLAY time summer promotions with new mobile phone deals including the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and a competition were you can win 1 of 8 prizes like a new BlackBerry smartphone. Check out the latest BlackBerry Bold 9900 deal from 8.ta below, BlackBerry Bold 9900 including BiS on Contract 4 ...

Research in Motion has revealed their new BlackBerry mobile platform dubbed BBX at BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011, co-CEO Mike Lazaridis explained that the new platform was designed to help developers create applications for Research In Motion’s PlayBook tablet, as well as new smartphones, he also added that BBX would remove developer “roadblocks” that were prevalent ...

Research in Motion has announced today that will be offering a selection of premium apps worth a total value of more than US $100 free of charge to subscribers as an expression of appreciation for their patience during the recent service disruptions. “Our global network supports the communications needs of more than 70 million customers,” ...

So after four days of BIS downtime RIM (Research in Motion) has announced that the BlackBerry internet services have been restored and is operating at normal levels. The four day network failure was first blamed on a RIM network “glitch” and it was later revealed to be caused by a “core switch failure within RIM’s ...

BlackBerry has been taking a beating on local forums and social media websites Facebook and Twitter, the BlackBerry internet service outage that occurred on 10 October was initially blamed on a RIM (Research in Motion) network ‘glitch‘, and no further details was given such as cause or ETA on repair. On 10 October at around ...