BIS 3.0 Upgrade Scheduled for March 14th (EMEA Only)

RIM announced the upgrade of BIS service for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and, Africa) for March 14th. As announced earlier, this upgrade will be bringing 2 way Gmail sync along with features like Open Office and WMA support.

During the time of the upgrade BlackBerry Internet Service subscribers may be unable to send or receive messages, use the BlackBerry Internet Service web site, or perform activities such as creating new accounts, accessing their Internet mailbox, integrating third-party email accounts, or viewing email attachments during the maintenance.

Also, wireless service providers and device resellers may be unable to use BlackBerry administration web sites or perform activities such as creating subscriber accounts or provisioning services for subscribers during the maintenance

Estimated downtime listed for 4 hours, of course unless there are problems.