SK Telecom and RIM Introduce White BlackBerry Bold in Korea

• SK Telecom and RIM announce the BlackBerry Bold smartphone will be available in white at the end of October
• First 1,000 customers will be offered a free BlackBerry Horizontal Leather Pouch worth KRW 37,400

Seoul, Korea – SK Telecom and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that a new white version of the BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphone will be available from in Korea at the end of October. SK Telecom will offer the first 1,000 customers a free BlackBerry® Horizontal Leather Pouch worth KRW 37,400.

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone from SK Telecom is designed to provide users with exceptional functionality, performance and style. It comes with a localized QWERTY keyboard, featuring support for Korean language input and display. The BlackBerry Bold smartphone supports tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks and comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi®.

In addition to providing the industry’s leading mobile email and messaging solution and many premium phone features, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone also includes a rich set of multimedia capabilities and easy access to a broad range of business and lifestyle applications. In addition, it includes a brilliant half-VGA color display (480 x 320 at 217 ppi), 624 MHz processor, digital camera and microSD/SDHC memory card slot.

“The BlackBerry Bold is a powerful and feature-rich smartphone and we have seen increasing demand for BlackBerry smartphones and service following the launch of BlackBerry® Internet Service,” said Chang-Suk Shin, Senior Vice President of BS&I, SK Telecom. “Now the white BlackBerry Bold provides our customers with another stunning choice for staying connected in their business and personal lives.”

Launched by SK Telecom at the end of June, BlackBerry Internet Service is a powerful and easy-to-use service that utilizes RIM’s highly regarded “push” technology to allow individual customers to wirelessly access up to 10 supported POP3/IMAP email accounts. Together, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone and BlackBerry Internet Service offer a complete solution for a customer's on-the-go communication needs.

“The BlackBerry Bold smartphone is becoming increasingly popular among both business customers and consumers in Korea,” said Norm Lo, Vice president, Asia Pacific, for Research In Motion. “We look forward to fueling the momentum of the BlackBerry Bold smartphone in the market with the addition of another eye-catching color and finish.”

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone is available for corporate and retail customers at SK Telecom. SK Telecom has recently increased its authorized retail channels in the metropolitan area to serve BlackBerry smartphone customers.

For further details, please visit www.mysmart.co.kr/blackberry or contact SK Telecom’s authorized retail channels.

About SK Telecom
SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM, KSE: 017670) is Korea’s leading telecommunications provider with more than 23 million subscribers, which accounts for more than 50% of the total market. Established in 1984, the company reached KRW 11.7 trillion in revenue in 2008. SK Telecom was the first to launch and commercialize CDMA, CDMA 2001x, CDMA EV-DO and HSDPA networks. It currently provides cellular, wireless internet, mobile media, global roaming service and more. For more information, please visit www.sktelecom.com or email press@sktelecom.com

About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) 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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