BlackBerry smartphone Reach Extended to over 200 million prepaid users in India

Reliance Communications and Research In Motion (RIM) launched India’s first prepaid ‘pay as you use’ pricing model service for the BlackBerry wireless solution. This model is in line with Reliance Communications’ strategy to extend BlackBerry services to customers who are looking for cost-effective options, flexibility, and control over their expenses for wireless services.

This firm has been on the forefront of offering a wide range of prepaid options to consumers across its data cards, mobile phones, and fixed wireless phones offering.

“We recognize the needs of customers and believe a prepaid option enabled by Reliance Communications will significantly broaden the consumer interest in BlackBerry smartphones and expand our business opportunity,” said Mr. Mahesh Prasad, President – Mobile Data and Content Services, Reliance Communications.

This prepaid service option is available on a range of BlackBerry smartphones including:

*** The BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone, which operates on both CDMA & GSM networks;

*** The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone on CDMA networks;

*** The BlackBerry Curve 8300 smartphone on GSM networks;

*** The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 smartphone on GSM networks;

*** The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 smartphone on CDMA networks; and

*** The BlackBerry 8703e smartphone on CDMA networks

For more information, please visit any Reliance World or Reliance Communications outlet.

About Reliance Communications

Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri. Dhirubhai H Ambani (1932-2002) is the flagship company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group currently has net worth in excess of Rs. 58,000 crore (US$ 14 billion), cash flows of Rs. 12,000 crore (US$ 3 billion), net profit of Rs. 8,000 crore (US$ 2 billion) and zero net debt.

Rated among “Asia’s Top 5 Most Valuable Telecom Companies,” Reliance Communications is India’s foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The company, with a customer base of 57 million including over 1.7 million individual overseas retail customers, ranks among the Top 10 Asian Telecom companies by number of customers. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 2,100 Indian and multinational corporations, and over 800 global, regional, and domestic carriers. The firm has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire communications value chain, covering over 20,000 towns and 450,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates the world’s largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 175,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.

For more information, please visit their website: http://www.rcom.co.in

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. The firm’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, please visit their website: http://www.rim.c or http://www.blackberry.com