[jsamson77]

Why does the US have to wait till march for the new blackberry 10, anyone have a real explaination for this?

[jegs2]

The going theory is that the carriers and/or FCC are dragging their feet, but your guess is as good as mine

[koolrosh]

In an interview with CNBC, Thorsten said that carriers in the US are slower to certify the new phones, but said that they are working hard to help the carriers speed the process and that he hopes they will be available before the end of February. He only gave the March date to be sure it would not have to delay...

[Skeevecr]

It is a shame that the gsm carriers do not at least take advantage of the certification required in most other places in the world in order to reduce the delays with their own testing.

Most carriers in Europe for example look to this in conjunction with their own testing - GCF