U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement Agency: BlackBerry

BlackBerry Dept: Last week, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, a division America's Department of Homeland Security, announced it would be moving away from solely using BlackBerry devices for the department's 17,676 employees, according to CBC. "ICE conducted an analysis and concluded that smartphone solutions running the Good Technology application offered the best support for our mission needs moving forward," ICE's deputy press secretary Gillian M. Christensen told News and research in Motion responded Thursday to a series of setbacks this week that suggest the BlackBerry's days as the exclusive supplier of smartphones for the U.S. government might be coming to an end. Waterloo-based RIM had been the department's exclusive supplier of smartphones for eight years. But after an internal analysis, the department said it found devices based on Apple's iOS operating system would suit the department's needs going forward. 'We are pleased to be able to support a growing number of mobile devices' BlackBerry's Paul Lucier (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.