Blackberry 10 has received clearance from the U.S. department of defence for use on its networks.

The Blackberry 10 has been approved and listed in the Defence Information Systems Agency's Unified Communications Approved Product List.

The news is welcome to Blackberry who had previously enjoyed custom from public sectors including defence, because of their reputation in creating secure devices.

The Blackberry’s success from its secure reputation had been eroded as rival companies including Apple became government standard.

The new platform saw recognition by government U.S. bodies, when is secured certification in the Federal Information Processing Standard, paving the way for its recent DoD success.

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