Belgacom and RIM Announce the New BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone for Customers in Belgium

Approachable New Smartphone Offers Email, Messaging, Social Networking, Music and Entertainment for People on the Go

Brussels, Belgium and Waterloo, Ontario - Belgacom and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone is available for customers in Belgium. The stylish handset, a new addition to the BlackBerry® Curve™ series of smartphones, runs on Proximus' network in Belgium.

The slim new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone. For people who like to be connected, it provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook® and MySpace), and features a highly tactile full-AZERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing. It is also Wi-Fi®-enabled and features rich multimedia capabilities with easy access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go.

In addition to providing customers with the industry’s leading mobile email and messaging solution, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone is designed to be efficient and convenient. It introduces an innovative touch-sensitive trackpad, which makes scrolling and selection smooth and easy for a great navigation experience. It is also the first BlackBerry smartphone to feature dedicated media keys, smoothly integrated along the top of the handset, giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos.

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone is available from Proximus at the price of € 239 including VAT. To learn more about the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone visit: www.blackberry.com/curve8520.

About Belgacom
The Belgacom Group [Euronext: BELG]. Combining its strong background as the national telecoms operator and the multiples talents of its teams, Belgacom Group is the principal supplier of integrated telecommunications services in Belgium. As a result of our continuous investments in leading-edge technology, we are able to offer our clients high-capacity solutions on all networks, fixed or mobile. At the forefront of technology, we provide our clients, private or professional, with telephone, internet and television services, at every moment of the day, wherever the place, and whatever type of equipment is being used.

For the fiscal year ending 31 December 2008, the Group posted a total revenue of €5.978 billion and a net operating profit before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of €1.99 billion.
More info: www.belgacom.com

About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. 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. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

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