3 UK Launches the BlackBerry Solution

3 Business offers small business customers the BlackBerry Bold smartphone with 1GB of email, messaging and Web browsing for under £30 a month

London, UK - 3 Business today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® solution on its network for the first time ever. The company is offering the 3G (HSDPA) -enabled BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphone to 3 Business subscribers for just £29.79 per month, providing small businesses a powerful, stylish smartphone with the industry's leading email and messaging solution as a competitively priced package on the UK’s largest 3G network.

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone leverages the power of 3 UK’s mobile broadband network to provide customers with wireless access to email, messaging (text, MSN and Yahoo Messenger), phone and the Internet. It also comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi®, as well as a rich set of multimedia capabilities. With its broad feature set, stunning 480 x 320 pixel display, fast performance and full QWERTY keyboard, the BlackBerry Bold is a "must have" tool for small business users.

3 Business is offering the BlackBerry Bold complete with BlackBerry® Internet Service, which is aimed at smaller businesses and enables users to access up to 10 different email accounts with support for viewing and downloading a wide range of attachments. The BlackBerry solution provides push email, automatically delivering messages to subscribers wherever they are. Not only this, but the solution also works whilst roaming, allowing users to receive mobile email whilst abroad.

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone is available for just £29.79 a month on 3 Business’ 900 package, which includes a free handset, 1125 minutes, 150 texts, 2000 3-to-3 minutes and 1GB of data for email and web browsing on BlackBerry Internet Service. Not only this but every 3 Business customer will also have access to Instant Messaging services including .

Renato Bottini, Business Segment Manager said, “The BlackBerry Bold smartphone combined with BlackBerry Internet Service gives small companies the freedom and flexibility to take their office with them. Not only is this solution easy to set up, but it also allows small businesses to have access to push email at the best price in the market.

“This smartphone, coupled with the power of the UK’s largest mobile broadband network, provides small businesses with access to the best in mobility, whenever and wherever they are.”

For more information see http://www.three.co.uk/3_Business.

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