Optimus expands BlackBerry services to more customers through the availability of the BlackBerry Internet ServiceUse of E-mail and Internet at a fixed monthly rateLisbon, Portugal and Waterloo, ON – Optimus and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) announced today the availability of BlackBerry® Internet Service for smaller businesses and individual consumers in Portugal. The service provides customers with an easy way to access email from various accounts and a robust web browsing experience. BlackBerry Internet Service is fully compatible with the BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8100 and BlackBerry® 8800 smartphones available from Optimus.
The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 combines an incredibly small, stylish and feature-rich smartphone with the gold standard in wireless email and data connectivity. It features a built-in digital camera, multimedia capabilities and an expandable memory slot (microSD). The smartphone also provides an exceptional user experience through its intuitive trackball and visual interface, along with the popular SureType® keyboard system, which allows a narrower handset design while maintaining easy phone dialing and message typing.
The BlackBerry 8800 is an elegant, performance-driven smartphone that allows users to make the most of their work and leisure time. It provides mobile users with a range of features, including built-in Global Positioning System (GPS) with support for location-based applications and services and wireless access to email, phone, Internet, text messaging, organizer and other mobile applications. The BlackBerry 8800 smartphone also includes a media player and a microSD expandable memory slot.
The BlackBerry Internet Service allows users to access up to 10 supported corporate and personal email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts) from a single device. Optimus is offering this service with a 100MB data package, without restrictions and at a fixed monthly rate.
About OptimusSince its beginning in 1998, Optimus has grown in a regular manner within the Portuguese market, focusing on a sole objective: to achieve leadership in the Portuguese telecommunications market, by providing its clients with high-quality services and mobile phones, since they simplify things, bring people closer and entertain. At the end of the second quarter of 2007, Optimus had 2.7 million clients.
Optimus is the sole mobile communications company in the world to have won three consecutive GSM Awards, a distinction that reinforces its international recognition. This operator has also won important awards in Portugal. Its technological excellence was also recognised by the Portuguese Communications Institute, according to the results of a study carried out by the quality regulator sector for mobile networks in Portugal. Optimus is also the leader regarding use of new technologies, for its constant launch of new products and services in the Portuguese market - mobile portals, SMS news services, entertainment services, UMTS, GPRS services and 3.5G technologies.
For further information, please visit www.optimus.pt.
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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