BlackBerry e-mail messages were delivered as usual after an earthquake struck Virginia today while calls failed, a potential boon to manufacturer Research In Motion. as it tries to win back lost market share.
“RIM certainly has a reputation for being reliable when it comes to messaging and being secure and that’s what they’ve built their success on,” said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst at Gartner Inc. in Teaneck, New Jersey.
RIM’s service has operated normally all day, said Marisa Conway, a spokeswoman for the Waterloo, Ontario-based company. Verizon, AT&T Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. experienced a surge in phone calling and said they had no immediate reports of network damage after the 5.8 magnitude earthquake.
Looks like when it mattered most RIM delivered once again.
Source: BloomBerg