Reuters: Politics: BlackBerry devices approved for use on Department of Defense

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BlackBerry devices approved for use on Department of Defense May 2nd 2013, 23:12 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Facebook's mobile business expands in first quarter 11:58am EDT Pentagon may soon clear use of Apple, Samsung, BlackBerry devices Wed, May 1 2013 BlackBerry to ask regulators to probe report on returns Fri, Apr 12 2013 Pentagon's $526.6 billion budget asks Congress for unpopular steps Wed, Apr 10 2013 Facebook aims to take centerstage on Android phones Thu, Apr 4 2013 Analysis & Opinion Google shooting blanks in smartphone patent wars Samsung Galaxy S4 lands on Bangalore, hundreds get in line A new Blackberry Z10 smartphone is displayed at a store in New York, March 22, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid Thu May 2, 2013 7:12pm EDT (Reuters) - BlackBerry said Department of Defense (DoD) has approved its new line of devices powered by the revamped BlackBerry 10 operating system to be used on DoD networks. The approval allows all Department of Defense customers to use the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 smartphones, and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets on DoD networks. This comes after a Pentagon spokesperson said on Wednesday that the Pentagon is expected to clear Apple Inc, Samsung and BlackBerry mobile devices for use on Defense Department networks in the next few weeks. The Pentagon unveiled a plan in February aimed at giving the military services a much broader range of choices among mobile devices. The department has 470,000 BlackBerry users, 41,000 Apple users and 8,700 people with Android devices. (Reporting by Ankur Banerjee in Bangalore; Editing by Richard Chang) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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