Take a Tour - a BlackBerry Tour - On America's Most Reliable 3G Network and Beyond

Around the World or Around Town, Verizon Wireless Offers a Host of BlackBerry Smartphone Choices

BASKING RIDGE, N.J - The highly anticipated global 3G BlackBerry® Tour(TM) from Research In Motion (RIM) will hit Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on July 12. Verizon Wireless announced today that customers can pre-order the BlackBerry Tour for $199.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement online at www.verizonwireless.com/tour.

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The BlackBerry Tour joins the BlackBerry® Storm(TM), BlackBerry® Curve(TM) 8330 (available in either silver or pink), BlackBerry® Pearl(TM) Flip 8230 and BlackBerry® 8830 World Edition smartphones in the Verizon Wireless portfolio. The BlackBerry Tour is a 3G world phone, giving customers the option to make phone calls in 220 countries and to access e-mail and Internet in any of the 175 countries where Verizon Wireless provides data roaming services. It is also packed with features customers expect from industry leaders, including RIM's popular push-based mobile solution for e-mail; messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and social networking; a 3.2 megapixel camera with geo-tagging and video recording; advanced multimedia capabilities; built-in GPS; full HTML Web browsing; and support for Verizon Wireless' Mobile Broadband Connect tethering service. It supports Verizon Wireless' V CAST Music with Rhapsody and VZ Navigator(SM) services. BlackBerry Enterprise customers will find the stylish BlackBerry Tour has all the BlackBerry security profiles that make this an efficient business tool. A model of the BlackBerry Tour without a camera will also be available.

Customers can purchase either the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition Smartphone or the BlackBerry Curve 8330 for $49.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement for a voice plan with e-mail feature or an e-mail plan. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 and BlackBerry Storm 9530 are available for $79.99 and $149.99 respectively after $70 mail-in rebates with new two-year customer agreements for a voice plan with e-mail feature or an e-mail plan. Customers receive rebates in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.

Email and Web for BlackBerry plans begin at $29.99 when added to any Nationwide voice plan. For information on Verizon Wireless' voice and data plans for BlackBerry smartphones, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com. Business customers may contact their Business Sales Representatives at 1-800-VZW-4BIZ.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and data network, serving more than 86.6 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 86,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ - News) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD - News News). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

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SK Telecom and RIM Launch BlackBerry Internet Service in Korea

Targeting business users and professionals who want to keep connected to people and information on the go

• BlackBerry Bold smartphone and BlackBerry Internet Service will be available from SK Telecom beginning tomorrow
• Business customers and professionals in Korea can subscribe to BlackBerry Internet Service* through select SK Telecom’s retail stores, as well as SK Telecom’s online shop and authorized partners
• Monthly data plan of KRW 24,000* includes 30MB of data

Seoul, Korea– SK Telecom and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched BlackBerry® Internet Service and the BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphone, targeting business customers and professionals in Korea. The smartphone and service will be available beginning tomorrow through select SK Telecom retail shops, as well as SK Telecom’s online store and authorized business partners.

BlackBerry Internet Service is a powerful and easy-to-use service that utilizes RIM’s highly regarded “push” technology to allow users to wirelessly access up to 10 supported POP3/IMAP email accounts. Set up is easy and does not require IT support, making it an excellent option for business users and professionals who don’t have the need or the resources to manage a corporate email server. 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 also delivers excellent voice quality and includes many premium phone features as well as a built-in organizer (with calendar, address book, task list and memo pad applications) that can easily import contacts from popular desktop organizer applications.

Customers can subscribe to BlackBerry Internet Service for a monthly charge of KRW24,000*, which includes 30MB of data.

To celebrate the launch of BlackBerry Internet Service, SK Telecom will offer new subscribers one year of premium access, via an upgrade, to “Daum” - one of the most popular local ISP email services in Korea. The first 1,000 customers will also get an additional free replaceable backplate in a color of their own choosing, a value of KRW 30,000.

“We continue to see great potential for mobile email use in Korea. According to IDC, mobile email subscribers in Korea are expected to quadruple from 4.7 million users in 2009 to 18.7 million in 2013**,” said Chang-Suk Shin, Senior Vice President of Business Service & Innovation Office, SK Telecom. “We are glad to introduce BlackBerry Internet Service to our customers in Korea. This service is the right solution for business customers and professionals who want a smartphone that keeps them well connected to people and information on the go, and provides them with an exceptional mobile experience.”

“The introduction of BlackBerry Internet Service allows business customers and professionals in Korea to benefit from the flexibility and personal productivity gains of the BlackBerry solution and we are pleased to launch it with the powerful BlackBerry Bold smartphone,” added Shin.

According to research findings from Ipsos-Reid, a leading global research firm, a typical BlackBerry user can recover up to 60 minutes of time during their day and increase their efficiency by up to 38%.

“The BlackBerry solution is recognized around the world as the gold standard for mobile communications. We have sold over 50 million BlackBerry smartphones and the BlackBerry solution is widely viewed as a trusted and reliable solution for individuals, government organizations and businesses, including most Fortune 500 companies,” said Norm Lo, Vice President of Asia Pacific at RIM. “We are pleased to now bring BlackBerry Internet Service, a best-in-class push-based mobile solution for both individuals and organizations, to SK Telecom’s customers in Korea.”

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

* Other monthly data plans are also available.

** Source: IDC Asia/Pacific Mobile Voice, Data and Multimedia Services Tracker, 2008 Q4

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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FancyFon Joins BlackBerry ISV Alliance Program

FancyFon Unlocks the Potential of Mobile Device Lifecycle Management for BlackBerry Smartphone Users

Cork, Ireland - FancyFon™, a pioneer in unlocking the capabilities of next generation mobile communications, today announced that it has become a member of the BlackBerry® Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Alliance Program. FancyFon will have access to the business and technical resources available from Research In Motion (RIM) to further develop FancyFon’s robust and innovative solution for its BlackBerry® smartphone customers.

FancyFon Mobility Center (FAMOC™) is a centralized mobile device lifecycle management platform that enables customers to control multiple mobile devices in real time, over the air. This provides customers with the following benefits:

• Removes administrative complexity and minimizes support costs
• Improves business productivity and increases employee efficiency
• Enables the seamless roll out of new and improved services, over the air
• FancyFon does this by providing remote support and diagnostic tools that enable mobile operators and enterprise customers to capture and analyze information from end users’ BlackBerry smartphones, such as screen shots, application performance and files.

Dietmar Fuchs, COO at FancyFon comments; “As a BlackBerry ISV alliance member we recognize that there is a great need to provide customers with a tool that simplifies and centralizes the management and maintenance of BlackBerry smartphones, and will provide our customers with unprecedented operational efficiencies.”

The FancyFon FAMOC device management platform can support multiple BlackBerry® Enterprise Servers (version 4.0, with plans to support version 5.0 by Q3 2009). It also supports other mobile operating systems, consolidating user data over the air, into one central location. FAMOC simplifies the process of moving user data from multiple platform handsets to BlackBerry smartphones, enabling the centralized management of all corporate handsets, regardless of operating system and manufacturer. FAMOC enables organizations to remotely install any application, wipe a device or create new functionality on BlackBerry smartphones, via multiple BlackBerry Enterprise Servers, from a single common FAMOC console.

The relationship with RIM supports FancyFon’s drive to offer its customers the ability to maintain and manage all mobile handsets, based on operating systems that include BlackBerry OS®, Symbian S60, UIQ, Windows Mobile, Android, iPhone and Java-based feature phones from different producers, e.g. Apple, Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, HTC and many more.

About FancyFon
Established in 2006, FancyFon provides a portfolio of industry-leading solutions for the mobile device lifecycle management market, enabling any number of mobile phones or network devices to be managed over the Internet. FancyFon's advanced and personalized mobile software interacts with servers and databases, and specializes in capitalizing on the huge opportunities arising from omnipresence and the explosion of mobile phone functionality. With its head office in Cork, Ireland, FancyFon customers include service providers, large enterprise and government organizations. www.fancyfon.com

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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RIM Introduces the BlackBerry Tour Smartphone

New 3G World Phone Keeps You Connected on High-Speed CDMA Networks in North America and UMTS/HSPA Networks Abroad

Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry® Tour™ – a powerful new 3G BlackBerry® smartphone for CDMA customers in North America. The new BlackBerry Tour smartphone offers state-of-the-art communications and multimedia capabilities with outstanding mobile performance and consummate styling. It is a feature-packed and highly refined world phone that keeps you connected and lets you tour the world in style.

"BlackBerry continues to be the top selling smartphone brand in North America and we are proud to add this powerful new 3G world phone to our successful product portfolio,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. “With its striking design and exceptional performance, the new BlackBerry Tour will offer a compelling choice for the growing number of wireless customers looking to upgrade their existing cell phone to a smartphone.”

The BlackBerry Tour smartphone allows customers to stay seamlessly connected - across town and around the world. It supports high-speed 3G EV-DO Rev. A networks in North America, as well as 3G UMTS/HSPA (2100Mhz) and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks abroad.

The BlackBerry Tour smartphone also provides the industry’s leading mobile solution for email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and social networking together with built-in GPS and advanced multimedia capabilities, enabling customers to make the most of both their personal and professional time.

The BlackBerry Tour features a chic black finish with chrome highlights surrounding its sleek design (112mm x 62mm x 14.2mm and 130g). It includes a large, highly tactile, full-QWERTY keyboard with chrome frets and finely sculpted keys for fast and precise typing. In addition, the large (2.44"), bright display (480 x 360 resolution at 245 ppi) delivers the highest resolution available on a BlackBerry smartphone, presenting pictures, web pages and videos with incredible clarity.

Other key features of the BlackBerry Tour smartphone include:

• 3.2 MP camera with flash, variable zoom, image stabilization, autofocus and video recording*
• Full HTML web browser, including support for streaming audio and video (RTSP)
• Advanced media player for videos, pictures and music, a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack and support for the Bluetooth® Stereo Audio Profile (A2DP/AVCRP)
• 256MB Flash memory
• Expandable memory via hot swappable microSD/SDHC memory card slot, supporting cards of up to 16 GB today and expected to support next generation 32GB cards when available
• Built-in GPS with support for geotagging, BlackBerry® Maps and other location based applications and services
• BlackBerry® Media Sync allows customers to quickly and easily synch music from iTunes® and Windows Media Player with the smartphone**
• Premium phone features including voice activated dialing, enhanced background noise cancellation, a low-distortion speakerphone, and Bluetooth (2.0) support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits, stereo headsets and other Bluetooth peripherals
• Preloaded DataViz® Documents to Go®, allowing users to edit Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly on the handset
• Easy mobile access to Facebook®, MySpace and Flickr®, as well as popular instant messaging services including BlackBerry® Messenger, Yahoo!® IM, AIM®, Google Talk and Windows Live Messenger™
• Support for BlackBerry App World™, featuring a broad and growing catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones. Categories include travel, productivity, entertainment, games, social networking & sharing, news & weather, and more
• BlackBerry® Internet Service allows access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts
• BlackBerry® Enterprise Server provides advanced security and IT administration features within IBM® Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft® Exchange and Novell® GroupWise® environments
• Removable and rechargeable 1400 mAhr battery for 5 hours of talk time and 14 days of standby time

The BlackBerry Tour smartphone (model number: 9630) is expected to be available this summer from carriers in North America.

For more information visit www.blackberry.com/tour

* Video recording requires microSD card, which may be sold separately
** 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 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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Telenor and RIM Launch the BlackBerry Solution in Denmark

Copenhagen, Denmark and Waterloo, ON. Canada - Telenor and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® solution in Denmark. The BlackBerry solution brings together smartphones, software and services to allow easy wireless access to email, phone, calendar, web, multimedia and other business and lifestyle applications. Telenor customers in Denmark will now be able to enjoy the freedom and productivity benefits of using BlackBerry® smartphones to stay connected to people and information on the go.

“There has been a great pent up demand for the BlackBerry solution among our customers in Denmark and we are happy to announce our cooperation with RIM. The launch will take place today in parallel with our name change from Sonofon and Cybercity to Telenor. We see the launch of the BlackBerry solution as a great way of celebrating this occasion. Furthermore, we expect this offering to underscore and extend our commitment to the Nordic market as we now provide the BlackBerry solution in Sweden, Norway and Denmark,” says Henrik Skov, Vice President sales, Telenor.

Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing at RIM added, “We are very pleased to work with Telenor to introduce the BlackBerry solution to their customers in Denmark. BlackBerry smartphones are the right choice for business people and consumers who want to make the most of their time and who wish to stay connected to colleagues, friends and family while on the move.”

At launch, Telenor will offer the BlackBerry® Bold™ and BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8110 smartphones. The BlackBerry Bold smartphone is a communications and multimedia powerhouse with a full QWERTY keyboard and extensive feature set. The BlackBerry Pearl 8110 is a great choice for users who want the power of a BlackBerry smartphone together with advanced multimedia capabilities in an incredibly small and stylish handset.

Telenor is offering BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for corporate customers and BlackBerry® Internet Service for smaller businesses and individual users:
BlackBerry Enterprise Server is designed 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 device.

About Telenor Group
The Telenor Group is dynamic and flexible in its business approach, always exploring new markets and new technologies to make long-term investments. This is part of the reason why Telenor has grown from a national telephone service company in Norway to become the world’s 7th largest mobile provider in less than two decades. At the time of its Initial Public Offering in 2000, Telenor had a mobile subscriber base of 15 million. By the end of 2008 this reached 164 million. The Telenor Group is now a driving force in the industry, engaging in pioneering research and technology development and other areas that are important to develop the core business of Telenor further.

Telenors activities in Denmark today consist of the mobile operator Sonofon and the internet supplier Cybercity. On the 15th of June 2009 the two companies merged under the name Telenor.

For more information about Telenor Group: www.telenor.com
For more information about Telenor in Denmark: www.sonofon.dk / www.cybercity.dk and after 15th of June 2009: www.telenor.dk

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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VIVA, Alcatel-Lucent and RIM Launch the BlackBerry Solution in Kuwait

Kuwait City, Paris and Waterloo ON., Canada - Kuwait Telecommunication Co. (VIVA), 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 VIVA customers in Kuwait. VIVA 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, make phone calls, send and receive text and picture messages, run multimedia applications, as well as access a wide variety of other business and leisure applications on the move.

At launch VIVA will offer customers the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 and BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphones as well as service with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and BlackBerry® Internet Service.

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 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 access to a wide range of other mobile business and consumer applications.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server is for organizations 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 device.

Based on its distribution agreement with RIM, Alcatel-Lucent is leveraging its strong local presence in the region to provide VIVA with end-to-end support services for the BlackBerry solution. With Alcatel-Lucent managing integration and deployment, VIVA can focus on delivering customer facing services, enabling the operator to quickly meet market demand.

“As a leader of innovative services, we are committed to expanding our portfolio with the most advanced telecom solutions. More and more customers in Kuwait would like to get easy access to their emails and calendar information when they are on the move and enjoy other advanced communications and multimedia features. The launch of the BlackBerry solution in partnership with Alcatel-Lucent and RIM is a good example of international cooperation. It falls in line with our principle 'to give more to subscribers'. We are proud to offer our customers this efficient and effective service, which has already become a hit among business users and individuals around the world," said Eng. Najeeb Al-Awadhi, VIVA CEO.

"This contract further reinforces Alcatel-Lucent’s ability to leverage our global strengths and local presence to deliver enterprise managed communications and value-added services, enabling the operator to quickly meet market demand. As a result, VIVA customers will enjoy the freedom and flexibility of the BlackBerry solution for staying connected to people and information whenever they wish,” said Vincenzo Nesci, Vice-president of Alcatel-Lucent’s activities in the Middle East and Africa
“We are pleased to work with Alcatel-Lucent and VIVA to introduce the BlackBerry solution to VIVA customers in Kuwait. BlackBerry smartphones are popular with people around the world who want well-balanced mobile phones that deliver advanced features, refined usability and stylish designs,” said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing at RIM

About Kuwait Telecommunication Co. VIVA
VIVA, an integrated mobile telecommunications service provider offers a full suite of mobile business and consumer services in Kuwait. Although newly established, December 3rd, 2008, VIVA marked a milestone for the development of Kuwait’s telecommunications. After only four months of operation, VIVA has acquired a significant market share, and is currently a major telecommunications provider, contributing 10% of the total mobile communications market in Kuwait. VIVA has so far expanded to all cities and provinces nationwide. VIVA is well known for high quality of service, best price packages and wide network coverage with the most innovated Value Added Services. For more information, visit VIVA on: www.VIVA.com.kw

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.

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m:tel, Alcatel-Lucent and RIM Launch the BlackBerry Solution in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Paris, France and Waterloo, ON. Canada - RS Telecommunication Joint Stock Company Banjaluka – m:tel, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® solution in Bosnia and Herzegovina. m:tel’s 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, make phone calls, send and receive text and picture messages, as well as access a wide variety of business and leisure applications on the move.

Based on its distribution agreement with RIM, Alcatel-Lucent will leverage its strong local presence in the region to provide m:tel with the end-to-end implementation, launch, and on-going support for delivering the BlackBerry solution to the Bosnia and Herzegovina market.

“m:tel is recognized in the Bosnian market as the provider of innovative, effective and trustworthy solutions. We are pleased to be working with Alcatel-Lucent and to offer the BlackBerry solution in Bosina and Herzegovina. Our costumers will now be able to make important decisions quickly and to connect to vital information wherever they are. There is no doubt, BlackBerry smartphones will satisfy the communication needs of professionals and individuals alike,” said Milenko Cvijanovic, m:tel executive director for marketing and sales.

“This agreement strengthens Alcatel-Lucent’s leading position worldwide and in the region,” said Dan Bedros, head of Alcatel-Lucent’s business in Southeast Europe. “m:tel will expand their business opportunity and enable customers to benefit from the flexibility to stay connected anytime and everywhere with BlackBerry smartphones.”

“BlackBerry smartphones are the preferred mobile choice for millions of people around the world and we are very pleased to work with Alcatel-Lucent and m:tel to deploy the BlackBerry solution in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” said Mark Guibert, vice president, Corporate Marketing at Research In Motion.

At launch, m:tel will offer its customers both the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8310 and BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphones, as well as BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and BlackBerry® Internet Service.

The BlackBerry Curve 8310 packs many powerful communications and entertainment features in a classic design that feels comfortable for one or two handed use. It comes with a full-QWERTY keyboard that makes typing messages smooth and natural and a large bright display that is a pleasure to view. Key features include global connectivity support, built-in GPS, intuitive trackball navigation, 2MP camera, media player and an expandable memory slot (microSD/SDHC) with support for up to 16GB of storage per card. It also includes an enhanced HTML browser that offers a mobile Web browsing experience with desktop-style depiction, support for HTML email, the ability to view a wide variety of attachments, as well as the ability to edit Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly on the handset using the preloaded DataViz® Documents To Go® software suite.

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone supports tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world and also comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi®, as well as a rich set of multimedia capabilities. Featuring a lustrous black exterior, satin chrome finished frame and stylish leatherette backplate, the BlackBerry Bold is a symbol of accomplishment and aspiration. The smartphone's stunning display, sophisticated user interface and newly designed full-QWERTY keyboard make the BlackBerry Bold smartphone a ‘must have’ for power users and business professionals alike.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server is designed 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 offers advanced encryption and IT features 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 device.

About TELECOMMUNICATION JOINT STOCK COMPANY BANJALUKA – m:tel
Telecommunication Joint Stock Company Banjaluka - Telekom Srpske with its head office in Banja Luka (Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is one of the three incumbents and the leading operator in telecommunications in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Providing high-quality services in the field of fixed telephony, mobile telephony, data transmission and the Internet, Telekom Srpske strives to satisfy the needs of Bosnian market. Telekom Srpske offers all its services under one corporate brand – m:tel.

The majority owner of Telekom Srpske, Telekom Srbija, is one of the most important regional telecom operators in the area of South Eastern Europe which offers its services in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

m:tel posted a 66 percent rise in 2008 profit to 119.2 million Bosnian marks (EUR 60.82 million) and forecast further growth this year. The success of the company is also illustrated with over one million one hundred thousand customers on its mobile network. m:tel has a market share of 38% on Bosnian mobile telecomunication market and covers about 86% of the BH territory. The population coverage is 99%.

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.

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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