Problems for Blackberry smartphone users in Malta persisted yesterday as an outage hit its services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Canada-based Research in Motion said on Monday it was investigating the disruption that led to many reports from users of being unable to receive or send e-mail, use instant messaging or browse the internet. It said yesterday’s problems affected fewer users.

The problems did not appear to be the same for each user, or affect all users, according to those commenting on timesofmalta.com and Twitter.

The problem is believed to stem from servers in Britain.

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