Mumbai, Monday, September 10, 2007 : Reliance Communications (RCOM), rated among Asia's Top 5 Most Valuable Telecom Companies, and Research in Motion (RIM), today announced the launch of the innovative BlackBerry® wireless solutions for the first time on CDMA network in India. Available across 10,000 towns and 3 lakh villages, this makes it the most widely connected BlackBerry service in the country. Reliance Communication is the first to launch BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone in India which allows interoperability between the more data efficient CDMA and ubiquitous GSM network, which delivers high Internet Speed on one side and offers International roaming across the globe on the other side to enhance the productivity of both Enterprise and Professionals on the move. Reliance with its dominant market share on the back of its fully integrated enterprise solution is well poised to extend business applications through BlackBerry. The BlackBerry 8830 provides the industry leading email and messaging capabilities that are known of the popular BlackBerry solution the world over, along with premium phone features, web browsing and other mobile productivity applications. This sleek and stylish smartphone features a full QWERTY keyboard, large bright display, intuitive trackball navigation system, a microSD expandable memory slot and an advanced media player for listening to music, viewing pictures and watching videos. Reliance is determined to take BlackBerry “Beyond Email” and offer a range of solutions for Enterprise and professionals such as internet based online trading, for the first time in India. On the occasion of the launch Mr. Prakash Bajpai, President, RCOM, said, “As the first player to offer BlackBerry® World Edition smartphone in India we are confident that our network will offer a superior value proposition to professionals on the move. Reliance is committed to provide world class Solutions on BlackBerry Enterprise server and we will take BlackBerry “Beyond Email.” Now for the First Time in India we are launching BlackBerry service with applications such as internet based online trading and Blackberry on prepaid . Many more such solutions will follow suit. BlackBerry from Reliance offers unparalleled solution differentiators such as:
Reliance is confident of taking the first time launched BlackBerry services on prepaid and video streaming to the larger audience that will help them expand the market beyond Enterprise to the professional consumer segment. Mr. Norm Lo, Vice-President, Asia-Pacific, RIM added, “BlackBerry smartphones are designed to provide people with the best integrated mobile experience for email, phone, web browsing and other corporate and personal applications. RIM is very pleased to be working with RCOM to further drive the adoption of BlackBerry smartphones and mobile applications in India.” According to industry estimates there is huge untapped market. RCOM’s CDMA-powered BlackBerry® smartphones allows professionals and entrepreneurs access their business critical data, including PowerPoint presentations, multimedia files, graphs etc. Also with the CDMA technology, users can download their mails and surf the net at faster speeds. Models launched include: BlackBerry® Pearl™ (Rs 24,990), BlackBerry® 8703e(Rs 22,990), BlackBerry® Curve™ (Rs 24,990) & BlackBerry® 8830 World Edition™ (Rs 33,990). The BlackBerry 8830 and 8703e handsets will be available in 16 cities to start with and will be expanded to other cities in phase II. RCOM has launched BlacBerry Pearl on its GSM network in a phase-wise manner starting with Indore. About Reliance Communications Rated among "Asia's Top 5 Most Valuable Telecom Companies", RCOM is India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The company with a customer base of over 37 million including over 1.2million individual overseas retail customers’ ranks among the Top 10 Asian Telecom companies by number of customers. RCOM’s corporate clientele includes 600 Indian and 250 multinational corporations, and over 200 global carriers. RCOM has established a pan-Indian, next generation, integrated (wireless & wireline), convergent (voice, data & video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire Infocomm value chain, covering over 10,000 towns and 300,000 villages. RCOM owns and operates the world's largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 165,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region. RCOM has recently acquired Ethernet service provider Yipes Holdings Inc, USA, through its subsidiary FLAG Telecom. About Research In Motion – RIM RIM’s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. It is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information please visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com. For Details : [ Top ] |
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