www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Airtel and Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced a new service plan specifically for Airtel customers in North East India. The BlackBerry® Personal Mail service plan is an innovative offering that provides Airtel customers with unlimited email and instant messaging (IM) on BlackBerry® smartphone for just Rs. 299 per month. It is the first service plan priced as less Rs. 300 to offer unlimited email and IM to BlackBerry smartphone customers in the Indian market with restricted Internet browsing
Airtel is offering a choice of Plans for Blackberry users ranging from Rs 299 p.m to Rs 899 per month with the benefit of unlimited internet browsing on Rs 899 plan. For convenience of Blackberry users long term plans of 6 months to 1 year at Rs 3999 and 6999 respectively, have also been offered.
“It is our strategic intent and single minded focus to consistently offer innovative products and services that deliver convenience and value to our customers,” said Mr. Sudipto Chowdhury, Chief Operating Officer NESA, Bharti Airtel Ltd. “With the BlackBerry Personal Mail service plan, we are extending the market to a wider segment, allowing customers such as young professionals, small business owners  and  students to access their email on the move and stay seamlessly connected with instant messaging on their BlackBerry smartphones.”
Ms. Frenny Bawa, Vice President, India at Research In Motion said, “We are pleased to work with Airtel to bring the rich communications features and unique user experience offered by the BlackBerry solution in a unique offering to customers in India. With BlackBerry service from Airtel will enable more users to choose and enjoy BlackBerry smartphones.”
The BlackBerry service offers unlimited access to the industry-leading email and instant messaging features on the BlackBerry platform, allowing Airtel customers to access up to 10 supported POP3/IMAP email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo! Mail and Google Mail) as well as various instant messaging services (including Windows Live Messenger, GTalk, Yahoo! Messenger and BlackBerry® Messenger) from a single device.  Its also allows you to access your corporate e-mail account over and above you 10 personal email accounts.

About Research In Motion

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).

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