RIM and China Mobile join hands to expand BlackBerry service

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: China Mobile and Research In Motion will expand the services of BlackBerry to smaller companies and individual users. This will allow RIM to boost use of the “smartphones” in the potentially huge market.

The co- operation between the two also includes the plans to support TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE technologies for BlackBerry devices used in China.

World’s biggest phone carrier by subscribers, China Mobile has been providing BlackBerry services in China since 2006 but the use was limited mainly to employees of a few major corporations.

RIM is also planning to use the national distribution network of Digital China to extend its reach inside the Chinese mainland. According to Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of RIM, extensive knowledge and market presence of Digital China will further expand the opportunity for RIM in China.

China Mobile was awarded the long-awaited Chinese-developed standard, TD-SCDMA from Chinese government early this year.