Vip and RIM Launch the New BlackBerry Curve 8520 in Serbia

Efficient and convenient industry leading mobile email and messaging solution for People on the Go

Belgrade, Serbia and Waterloo, ON - Vip and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced availability of the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone for customers in Serbia. The handset, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones, is available from Vip immediately with prices starting from just 1 RSD.

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 and messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and features a highly tactile full-QWERTZ keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing.

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone is a world phone and is also Wi-Fi®-enabled, providing customers with fast Web browsing and extended data coverage.

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 optical 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.

“We believe that the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone will attract both companies and individuals. It makes your life easier by having all your e-mails, contacts and calendar entries with you all the time - at an affordable price”, says Alexander Sperl, CEO, Vip mobile.

“We believe the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 will convince many people in Serbia to make the switch from a standard mobile to a smartphone. It is a great new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series and delivers all the great messaging, social networking and multimedia features that customers have come to love about BlackBerry smartphones.” said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing at Research In Motion.

Key features of the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone include:

• Easy-to-use full-QWERTZ keyboard and touch-sensitive optical trackpad for reliable, responsive typing and navigation
• 256MB Flash memory and a 512Mhz next generation processor for enhanced performance
• Premium phone features including voice activated dialing, and Bluetooth (2.0) support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits, stereo headsets and other Bluetooth peripherals
• 2 MP digital camera with zoom and video recording
• Advanced media player for music, pictures and videos, with dedicated media keys and a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, plus BlackBerry® Media Sync, which makes it easy to quickly sync music from iTunes® or Windows Media® Player with the smartphone*
• BlackBerry® Internet Service support for access to up to 10 supported email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo!®, Windows Live™ Hotmail®, AOL® and Gmail™; and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server support, which provides advanced security and IT administration features for corporate deployments
• Expandable memory via hot swappable microSD/SDHC memory card slot, supporting up to 16 GB cards today and expected to support next generation 32GB cards when available; a 2GB card is included
• Built-in Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
• Quad-band world phone: EGDE/GPRS/GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

Vip customers are able to meet with BlackBerry® smartphone experts at Vip who will demonstrate how the BlackBerry Curve 8520 and other BlackBerry smartphones are used to access corporate and personal email as well as other communications, information and entertainment on the move. For more information about BlackBerry products from Vip, please visit www.vipmobile.rs

To learn more about the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone, visit: www.blackberry.com/curve8520
* Certain music files may not be supported, including files that contain digital rights management technologies.

Note for editors: Additional information, including product images and video, is available at www.rim.mediaseed.tv.

About Vip
On December 1, 2006 Vip, member of mobilkom austria group, was granted the license for GSM 900/1800 plus UMTS. Vip offers a full portfolio of mobile services for prepaid, postpaid and business users and was the first to introduce BlackBerry® from Vodafone to the market. Vip is the biggest Greenfield investment in Serbia to-date with planned investments of 250 million Euro in the first years of operations. At the end of June 2009 Vip served over 1.100.000 active subscribers and employed over 600 experts and managers. Vip is the exclusive strategic partner of Vodafone in Serbia.

For more information: www.vipmobile.rs

About mobilkom austria group
Members of the mobilkom austria group, the mobile communication segment of Telekom Austria Group, are: mobilkom austria (Austria), Vipnet (Croatia), Si.mobil (Slovenia), mobilkom liechtenstein (Liechtenstein), Mobiltel (Bulgaria), Vip mobile (Serbia), Vip operator (Macedonia) and Velcom (Belarus). More than 8.600 employees serve 18.1 million customers.

At the end of June 2009 mobilkom austria group recorded revenues of EUR 1,590.9 million, EBITDA of EUR 620.0 million and operating income of EUR 296.5 million. mobilkom austria group stands for innovation, both in marketing and technology. The launch of the worldwide first GPRS network in Austria in 2000, the introduction of the EDGE technology as the first company in Slovenia in 2003, the first launch of a UMTS network in Europe and Austria in 2002 and the first European launch of HSDPA 7.2 in Austria and Croatia in 2007 only prove its innovative role. The know-how transfer among the group members and markets provides rapid development and implementation of all products and services throughout the group. Since 2003 mobilkom austria group has a partnership agreement with Vodafone.
More information: www.mobilkomaustriagroup.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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