Mark Blinch/Reuters
OTTAWA - BlackBerry has received a bit of good news. Rogers Communications, Canada's largest wireless carrier, has backtracked on its earlier decision not to sell BlackBerry's new flagship smartphone.
Rogers and BlackBerry, also a Canadian company, have had a long and close association - Rogers' network was even used to test the earliest devices. So the rejection of the phone, the Z30, was viewed as something of a blow. Rogers was also criticized for the decision on social media sites.
It is not clear if the new phone will actually appear in Rogers' nationwide chain of retail stores. In a statement issued late on Wednesday, the company said the device would be available for order online and through a service that ships orders to its stores and directly to business and government customers.
But when asked if the phone would sit on store shelves, Patricia Trott, a Rogers spokeswoman, said in an e-mail that 'the devices are still being certified, we haven't worked through details.'
Canada's two other major wireless carriers, Bell Canada and Telus, will begin selling the phone next week.
Shortly after its announcement, voice and text service on much of Rogers' network shut down for about five hours. Data, however, was not affected.
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