RIM Falls as BlackBerry Service Disrupted in Europe

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Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry customers in parts of Europe suffered a service disruption on the same day as Apple Inc. introduced a new iPhone, the second time that’s happened in two years.

The malfunction, disclosed earlier today, has since been resolved and didn’t affect North America, RIM’s biggest market, Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM said in e-mails. Some BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa lost e-mail and Internet access, wireless carrier Vodafone Group Plc said.