BlackBerry Du to be launched soon for the prepaid and corporate subscribers – CEO (UAE)
Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC, or Du, Chief Executive Osman Sultan revealed, that the company will be launching Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) BlackBerry in the Persian Gulf state after recieving goverment’s approval.
“Everybody knows BlackBerry and it was necessary for us to expand it to our entire customer base including prepaid customers,” Osman Sultan reported.
Earlier it was only Etisalat, that was the sole operator to provide BlackBerry in the UAE, which was launched 2 years ago.
Along with targeting the prepaid subscriber, it will also facilitate the corporate subscribers.
This launch indicates a cut throat competition among the two operators to win the licence to market Apple iPhone.
“Apple will make the decision with the regulators, we want to offer our services to our customers through any devise they wish it to be a BlackBerry interface, Microsoft Windows mobile, or Apple’s iPhone,” he said.
