BlackBerry receives coveted ‘Full Operational Capability’ on U.S. Department of Defense networks

WATERLOO, ON – BlackBerry said Thursday that its BlackBerry 10 is the first mobility solution to receive Full Operational Capability (FOC) to run on U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) networks from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).The designation follows the smartphone maker’s Authority to Operate (ATO) certification and enables government users with a BlackBerry 10 smartphone connected with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 to securely access email, data, apps and other DoD network resources.BlackBerry was the first mobile device management provider to earn ATO and becomes the only vendor with FOC. The granting of FOC completes BlackBerry's security certification process...