Earlier this week, BlackBerry had paused the global roll out of its instant messaging service BBM on rival phones, blaming the delay on issues caused by an unreleased old version of BBM (BlackBerry Messenger).
"We are...Making sure that the system is reinforced to handle this kind of scenario in the future. While this may sound like a simple task - it's not. This will take some time and I do not anticipate launching (BBM) this week," BlackBerry EVP (BBM) Andrew Bocking Bocking said in a post on the company's official blog yesterday.
The BBM version that BlackBerry planned to release last Saturday addressed these issues but the company could not block users of the unreleased version if they went ahead with the launch, it added.
"We attempted to address the problems caused by the unreleased version throughout the day on Saturday, but as active users of the unreleased app neared a million - and accelerated - it became clear that the only way to address the issue was to pause the rollout for both Android and iPhone," Bocking said.
However, the customers who have downloaded BBM for iPhone will be able to use it, the company blog post said.
BBM is a Internet-based instant messenger app included on BlackBerry devices that allows messaging between BlackBerry users.
Yesterday night, BlackBerry said it has reached a tentative agreement for a USD 4.7 billion buyout by a group led by its biggest shareholder, Fairfax.