It looks like the US Government is continuing its move away from BlackBerry. According to Politico, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives is dropping BlackBerry and moving to the iPhone.
The ATF’s chief information officer, Rick Holgate, said the agency is going to “delete the BlackBerry from the mix.” The decision to dump the BlackBerry will affect about 3,900 BlackBerrys in use by the ATF. It will take about a year to complete the move to the iPhone.
A BlackBerry spokeswoman responded to Politico saying RIM “continues to work closely with its more than 1 million government customers in North America who rely on the unmatched security of the BlackBerry platform.”
The ATF’s chief information officer, Rick Holgate, said the agency is going to “delete the BlackBerry from the mix.” The decision to dump the BlackBerry will affect about 3,900 BlackBerrys in use by the ATF. It will take about a year to complete the move to the iPhone.
A BlackBerry spokeswoman responded to Politico saying RIM “continues to work closely with its more than 1 million government customers in North America who rely on the unmatched security of the BlackBerry platform.”