Friday, September 18, 2009

TIM and RIM Announce the BlackBerry Curve 8520 Smartphone in Italy

The First BlackBerry Smartphone with a Touch-Sensitive Trackpad and Dedicated Media Keys

Milan, Italy - TIM and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the launch of the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones.

The new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone and provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook®, Window Live Messenger and many others). It features rich multimedia capabilities and easy access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go.

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone has a highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing and 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, integrated along the top of the smartphone, giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos.

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone includes the following features:

  • Easy-to-use full-Qwerty keyboard and touch-sensitive 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), with support for hands-free 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*
  • Access to BlackBerry App World™, featuring a broad and growing catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones. Categories include games, entertainment, IM and social networking, news, weather, productivity and more
  • 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)

About Telecom Italia
Telecom Italia Group is Italy’s leading ICT enterprise active in fixed-line and mobile telecommunications, internet and media, office and system solutions through Telecom Italia, TIM, Alice, Virgilio, La7, MTV Italia and Olivetti. Group growth is driven by leading-edge infrastructure, the latest technology, a customer centric organizational model, to cater to the needs of each customer cluster. The Group is leveraging these assets to extend communications via broadband and develop innovative businesses (IPTV, ICT, digital home).

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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Thursday, September 17, 2009

RIM Announces the New BlackBerry Curve 8520 in Portugal

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

Lisbon, Portugal - Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone for customers in Portugal. The handset, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones, is expected to be available from wireless carriers in Portugal in September.

The slim new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone that will come to the Spanish market in two attractive colors – black and frost. 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-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate and fast typing. It also features rich multimedia capabilities and easy access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go.

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone is a quad-band phone, and is also Wi-Fi®-enabled to give customers faster 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 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.

“More and more cell phone users are choosing to upgrade to a smartphone and the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 will undoubtedly convince many more people in Portugal to make the switch. 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 Carlo Chiarello, vice president, product management, Research In Motion.

Key features of the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone include:

  • Easy-to-use full-QWERTY keyboard and touch-sensitive 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*
  • Access to BlackBerry App World™, featuring a broad and growing catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones. Categories include games, entertainment, IM and social networking, news, weather, productivity and more
  • 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)

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.

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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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The Score Launches Enhanced Version of ScoreMobile for BlackBerry Smartphones

NFL and NCAA football stats, calendar feature and performance enhancements among mobile application developments

Toronto, ON - Score Media Inc. (TSX: SCR) today announced the launch of version 1.2 of its leading mobile application, ScoreMobile, for BlackBerry® smartphones. With the fall sports season just under way, ScoreMobile launches the enhanced version with hardcore sports fans in mind. Now ScoreMobile provides a much better user experience with the addition of customizable content, game reminder features, and optimized navigation and display functions.

Enhancements to the leading sports application include:

  • Tracking of Favourite Leagues – users will be able to manage which sports they choose to see and hide on their device making tracking and staying up to date on their favourite teams easier than ever before
  • Addition of Game Reminders – with two quick clicks, users will be able to add a game to their BlackBerry® Calendar so favourite games will never be missed
  • Optimization of Navigation and Display – users can now take advantage of speedier data display and simplified navigation

In addition to NFL and NCAA football stats, UEFA Champions League soccer has also been added to version 1.2 of ScoreMobile giving both dedicated football fans as well as international soccer fans access to the stats and scores they crave on their BlackBerry smartphones.

“ScoreMobile is among the most highly rated and most popular sports applications on the market and demand for it is increasing exponentially with BlackBerry users,” says Dale Fallon, Director, Mobile, Score Media Inc. “With strong uptake in the US, Canada and overseas, The Score is able to provide in-depth, mobile sports content to a diverse group of dedicated sports fans.”

ScoreMobile was launched for BlackBerry smartphones in June 2009. Since then numerous leagues, user features and support for various BlackBerry models have been added. Most recently ScoreMobile has been released for the BlackBerry® Tour™ and BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphones.

The ScoreMobile 1.2 application is available on BlackBerry App World™ (www.blackberry.com/appworld) or www.theScore.com.

About ScoreMobile
ScoreMobile includes a portfolio of innovative offerings including ScoreMobile for BlackBerry smartphones, ScoreMobile iPhone Edition, ScoreMobile Video, Score Predictor and Score txtTV. As a part of Score Media Inc.’s continued investment in cross-platform initiatives, ScoreMobile will continue to bring fans enhanced mobile experiences.

About Score Media Inc.
Score Media is a media company committed to delivering interactive and authentic sports entertainment. Created in 1997 in response to the growing desire for increased participation in the consumption of sports, the Company has now established itself as the home for hardcore sports fans. Score Media’s primary asset, The Score Television Network ("The Score"), is a national specialty television service providing sports news, information, highlights and live event programming in more than 6.5 million homes across Canada. Score Media also operates Hardcore Sports Radio, a satellite radio network available across North America on SIRIUS Satellite Radio, and other interactive assets including theScore.com and Score Mobile. Growing from a team of 60 in 1997 to over 220 employees in 2009, Score Media is a revolutionizing interactive media company.

For more information visit http://www.thescore.com/scoremobile

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.

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Trigcom AS and RIM Announce the New BlackBerry Curve 8520 for Customers in Norway

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

Oslo, Norway and Waterloo, Canada - Trigcom AS and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone for customers in Norway. The handset, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones, is now available from Trigcom AS.

The slim new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone that will come to the Norweigan market in black and frost blue. 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-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing. It also features rich multimedia capabilities and easy access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go.

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone is a world phone, and is also Wi-Fi®-enabled to give customers faster 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.

“Trigcom is proud to launch the BlackBerry Curve 8520 in Norway. It is a powerful and user-friendly smartphone that will appeal to a wide range of both retail and business customers. The dedicated multimedia keys, trackpad and easy media sharing are especially attractive features to our customers,” says Jan Hatlebrekke, Purchasing Manager at Trigcom.

“More and more cell phone users are choosing to upgrade to a smartphone and the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 will undoubtedly convince many more people in Norway to make the switch. 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 Carlo Chiarello, vice president, product management, Research In Motion.

Key features of the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone include:

  • Easy-to-use full-QWERTY 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)

The new BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone from Trigcom AS is available now. http://www.trigcom.no.To learn more about the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone visit: www.trigcom.no/8520
* 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 Trigcom
Trigcom is a BlackBerry service provider in Norway. Trigcom launched its first commercial BlackBerry smartphone in Norway in October 2006, and has been providing a first class BlackBerry service and support experience to the Norwegian market ever since. Trigcom consistently launches the latest BlackBerry models at competitive prices to the Norwegian market (www.trigcom.no/history), and also offers a web shopping experience (www.trigcom.no/shop) Trigcom’s Business Center is located near Oslo’s City Hall and is open during standard business hours for all customer questions or issues. Trigcom has more than 500 leading companies in its corporate portfolio and provides advanced services such as integration with back end systems and applications, securely and efficiently, with the BlackBerry wireless solution. Trigcom also collaborates with strategic corporate vendors and partners.
Visit www.trigcom.no/press for more information or contact Relations Manager Tom Bøe at +4792094854 or email tb@fogb.no.

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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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

3 Introduces the BlackBerry Bold Smartphone

  • First BlackBerry® smartphone offering at 3
  • Two different tariffs for best use
  • Push-E-Mail, Wi-Fi and GPS

Hutchison 3G Austria- the Austrian operator with the largest UMTS-network coverage, enriches its portfolio with the BlackBerry® BoldTM smartphone from Research In Motion. This is the first smartphone from the world market leader in mobile e-mail solutions to become part of the 3 portfolio. „BlackBerry smartphones offer enterprises unique solutions to make company data accessible anytime, anywhere, and they also offer rich multimedia capabilities. The BlackBerry Bold is an elegant and powerful handset that can appeal to both business users and consumers,“ says 3CEO Berthold Thoma.

E-mail professional and multimedia allrounder
The BlackBerry Bold smartphone perfectly combines state-of-the-art communications and multimedia functionality. While it is designed to meet the demanding requirements of mobile workers during the day, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone also indulges the consumer experience. It features a 2 megapixel camera with video recording capability, built-in flash and digital zoom. Its advanced media player can display pictures and slideshows quickly, play movies smoothly in full screen mode and manage an entire music collection. It can be used to receive emails from up to ten supported email accounts (including most popular POP3 or IMAP4 email accounts). To perfectly fit tariffs for the needs of customers, 3 offers two solutions for BlackBerry users: BlackBerry® Internet Service and BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution.

BlackBerry Internet Service: up to ten e-mail accounts in parallel
With the best solution for SoHo, small businesses and consumers, users can receive and send e-mails from up to ten different POP3 / IMAP4 accounts and with the BlackBerry "push" technology, messages are automatically delivered to the user. . Configuration of the accounts is easily accomplished on the smartphone itself or via http://drei.blackberry.com

BlackBerry Enterprise Solution: End-to-End solution for customers with mail server
BlackBerry smartphones support access to corporate e-mail via Outlook Web Access, though business customers with their own mail server can choose the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution with a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server. With this software, which is valued for its management features and industry leading security credentials, the customer is able to maintain and configure all BlackBerry smartphones from one console and distribute individual applications – or in the case of theft or loss, can wipe and erase all data on the handset remotely.

With the BlackBerry Enterprise Server organizations can provide access to company data to users from virtually anywhere over the 3network.

The tariff for users with BlackBerry Internet Service is available for only 9 Euro per month. The tariff for users on the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution is 18 Euro per month. Both tariffs include 1 GB of monthly data usage.

The BlackBerry Bold from 3 is available for only 3 Euro on a 24 month contract.

About 3:
Hutchison 3G Austria GmbH started in May 2003 with the brand 3 as the first sole mobile multi media provider in Austria. 3 offers multimedia products such as mobile television, music, video calling on the UMTS-handset and in addition provides the classic ways of communication (voice calling, SMS and MMS) and as well mobile broadband. 3 has enriched its offer with popular internet services such as Facebook, Google and eBay on every 3mobile and moreover Skype and Windows Live Messenger on selected 3mobile phones. Furthermore 3 provides more than 50 mobileTV and radio channels via UMTS- streaming and via DVB-H on 3mobiles as well on 3data modems. Hutchison 3G Austria GmbH counts 713.000 customers (as per March 2009), 20,7 Mio. customers worldwide, and is wholly owned by Hutchison Whampoa Limited in Hong Kong.

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.

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U2 and RIM Invigorate the Album Experience with the New U2 Mobile App for BlackBerry Smartphone Users

Waterloo, ON - U2 and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) have great news for digital music fans who miss the visual experience that came with music albums. RIM today announced the U2 Mobile Album, a new mobile application for BlackBerry® smartphones that invigorates the album experience for the digital age. Developed in collaboration with the band, the exciting new U2 Mobile Album brings a rich visual experience with evolving content and an interactive dimension for the band's current Number 1 album No Line On The Horizon. The application is now available for free on BlackBerry App WorldTM and from www.blackberry.com/u2.

Reinventing the Album Experience for the Digital Age

The U2 Mobile Album reintroduces a wealth of material that was the norm for CD or vinyl releases, which included photos and other information that brought the listener closer, and gave a fuller picture of the artist's world. In the digital age, these elements have eroded to a pick list selection and a keyhole snapshot of visual content. The BlackBerry platform, supporting advanced multimedia features, push-based wireless connectivity and social interactivity, offers a very powerful platform to support a new type of album experience for mobile users.

"As music fans, the band has always enjoyed all the detail of an album gatefold or CD booklet. They want to make visual material available with their albums and this app is the ideal way to do it," says U2-manager, Paul McGuinness.

The new U2 Mobile Album is a free, downloadable application for BlackBerry smartphones that brings a rich, visual and interactive dimension to the music. It brings together a range of content for fans with photos, videos, interviews, news, lyrics and samples of the music, plus individual tracks or the complete album can be purchased online from a BlackBerry smartphone. A second phase of the application is also already in the works, which will add social networking elements that engage fans around the world.

"With today's announcement, we are reinventing the album experience for the digital age. We're extremely excited by the U2 Mobile Album and the opportunity to enhance the mobile music experience for U2 fans on the BlackBerry platform," said Jeff McDowell, vice president, Global Alliances, Research In Motion.

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Monday, September 14, 2009

Zain Saudi Arabia, Alcatel-Lucent and RIM Launch the BlackBerry Solution in Saudi Arabia

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Paris, France and Waterloo, Canada - Zain Saudi Arabia, part of Zain group operating in 20 countries in the Middle East and Africa, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® solution for Zain customers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Zain customers will now be able to enjoy the benefits of enhanced communications and increased productivity by using a BlackBerry® smartphone to access email, browse the web and access a wide variety of other business and leisure applications on the move.

Based on its distribution agreement with RIM, Alcatel-Lucent is leveraging its strong local presence in the region to provide Zain Saudi Arabia with the project management, end-to-end implementation, installation, commissioning and on-going support for delivering the BlackBerry solution to the Saudi market. With Alcatel-Lucent managing integration and deployment, Zain Saudi Arabia can focus on delivering customer facing services, enabling the operator to quickly meet market demand.
“The launch of the BlackBerry solution, demonstrates Zain’s commitment to achieving the highest levels of service at the most competitive prices for its customers,” said Ismaeel Mohammed Fikree, Chief Operations Officer, Zain Saudi Arabia.

“This project strengthens Alcatel-Lucent’s position worldwide and in the region,” said Vincenzo Nesci, Vice-president of Alcatel-Lucent’s activities in the Middle East and Africa. “Zain Saudi Arabia will expand their business opportunity and enable their customers to benefit from the productivity and flexibility offered by the BlackBerry solution.”

“We are pleased to work with Alcatel-Lucent to introduce the BlackBerry solution to Zain customers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. BlackBerry smartphones are the right choice for people who want to stay connected to colleagues, friends and family,” said Mark Guibert, Vice President of Corporate Marketing at RIM.

At launch Zain Saudi Arabia will offer customers the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900, BlackBerry® Bold™, BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8120 and BlackBerry® Pearl™ Flip 8220 smartphones as well as service with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and BlackBerry® Internet Service. Now Zain customers in the Kingdom will enjoy the freedom of using a BlackBerry smartphone for staying connected to people and information whenever they wish.

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone is a communications and multimedia powerhouse. It is the first BlackBerry smartphone to support tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world and comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi® (802.11 a/b/g). The BlackBerry Curve 8900 includes GPS and Wi-Fi and packs a wide range of advanced communications and multimedia capabilities into a compact and stylish design - it is the thinnest and lightest full-QWERTY BlackBerry smartphone available. As with all BlackBerry smartphones, both handsets give users the industry’s leading mobile email and messaging solution together with easy access to a wide range of other mobile business and consumer applications.

Both the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 and BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 are sleek, stylish smartphones that are Wi-Fi –enabled. They feature ultra-small designs, while still providing a wide range of features that users have come to love about BlackBerry smartphones, including powerful phone, email, messaging, organiser, browser and multimedia applications.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server is designed specifically for organisations that manage their own email servers. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server software tightly integrates with IBM® Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft® Exchange and Novell® GroupWise® and uses advanced encryption and IT policy controls to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data.

BlackBerry Internet Service is designed for smaller businesses and individuals. It allows customers to access up to 10 supported corporate and personal email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts, such as Yahoo! Mail and Google Mail) from a single BlackBerry smartphone.

About Zain in Saudi Arabia:
Zain is the newest player in the mobile telecommunication market of Saudi Arabia. We strive to become the preferred choice for voice, messaging, multimedia, call management, data and other services in the Kingdom. Building on the expertise of the Zain Group and the insights of our local team, we are building a trusted and effective telecommunication provider for the largest country in the Middle East. For more information, visit Zain Saudi Arabia on internet: http://www.sa.zain.com/

About Zain:
Zain is a leading telecommunications operator across the Middle East and Africa providing mobile voice and data services to 69.5 million active customers as at 30 June, 2009. In terms of country footprint, Zain is the 3rd largest mobile operator in the world with a commercial presence in 24 countries. Zain operates in the following countries: Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine (currently operating as Paltel Group), Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. In Lebanon, the company manages ‘mtc-touch’ on behalf of the government. In Morocco, Zain owns 31% of Wana Telecom through a joint venture.

Zain offers innovative services in its markets such as ‘One Network’, the world’s first borderless mobile telecommunications network enabling customers when abroad to receive calls and sms without charge and to make voice and data calls at local rates throughout 19 countries in Africa and the Middle East. This service allows a customer to top up airtime in their home country or from more than 1,000,000 outlets within Zain’s ‘One Network’ footprint. The Zain brand is wholly owned by Mobile Telecommunications Company KSC, which is listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (Stock ticker: ZAIN). Zain is listed in the Financial Times’ Global 500 Index which ranks the world’s largest companies based on market capitalization (http://www.ft.com/reports/ft5002008). Zain aims to become one of the top ten mobile operators in the world by end of the year 2011. For more, please visit http://www.zain.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'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.

About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 16.98 billion in 2008 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com

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