RIM provides Messenger solution access to India
Canada’s Research In Motion Ltd. has provided solutions that will let India’s security agencies access the smartphone maker’s popular messenger and public email services, but not the corporate email services.
According to the company, the lawful access capability now available to RIM’s carrier partners meets the standard required by the government of India for all consumer messaging services offered in the Indian marketplace.
RIM has been under pressure from the government to provide access to data on its secure networks as India wants to monitor RIM’s corporate email and messenger services, fearing the BlackBerry’s heavy encryption makes the smartphones convenient for terrorists to use without being monitored. It had threatened to ban the services if the BlackBerry maker didn’t provide such access.
India earlier stated that it was testing solutions offered by RIM to access the BlackBerry messenger service and that it already had access to monitor Internet, voice calls and short-messaging services on the smartphones.
According to RIM, they also wish to underscore, once again, that this enablement of lawful access does not extend to BlackBerry Enterprise Server [corporate email], which is essentially an enterprise VPN solution.
Zong, Alcatel-Lucent and RIM join hands to provide Blackberry solution in Pakistan
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Zong, the first international brand of China Mobile, launched its Blackberry solution in Pakistan, in partnership with Alcatel-Lucent and Research In Motion (RIM). By using the Blackberry smartphones; wireless sending and receiving of emails, making phone calls, browsing Internet, sending text messages and accessing a wide range of corporate and lifestyle applications while on the move will become possible for the users.
BlackBerry Curve 8900 and BlackBerry Bold smartphones and a choice of BlackBerry Internet Service or BlackBerry Enterprise Server will be offered by Zong initially. ZONG’s postpaid packages will immediately provide the solution besides it will also provide a range of monthly packages tailored to meet customers’ needs.
According to Salman Wassay, Head of Marketing, ZONG, in order to have remote access to their email and calendar information, there was a huge demand for the solution by the subscribers in both the enterprise and consumer markets. BlackBerry Enterprise Server has been offered to corporate clients while individuals and smaller businesses are offered BlackBerry Internet Service.
Mobily, EMS and RIM announce plans to launch BlackBerry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
RIM is the developer of the proven and popular BlackBerry wireless platform. EMS is a Dubai-based mobile systems integrator and provider of wireless handheld business solutions with offices in Saudi Arabia.
BlackBerry is a comprehensive wireless solution with advanced security features that provides mobile professionals with wireless access to email, phone, internet, SMS, organizer and corporate data applications from a single device. BlackBerry empowers the mobile workforce and can deliver a significant return on investment.
Mobily will be the first service provider to introduce the BlackBerry wireless platform in the KSA and EMS will assist Mobily in launching, delivering, supporting and selling the BlackBerry solution to its customers. Together, EMS and Mobily will address the Saudi market by delivering a suite of applications on BlackBerry to Mobily’s customers.
At launch, Mobily will offer BlackBerry Enterprise Serverâ„¢ and the BlackBerry 8700gâ„¢ handset to corporate customers. The BlackBerry 8700g operates in conjunction with BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which tightly integrates with Microsoft® Exchange, Novell® GroupWise® and IBM Lotus® Domino® and works with existing enterprise systems, to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data.
The BlackBerry 8700g provides exceptional performance together with an intuitive user experience. Mobily customers will be able to use the quad-band handset on Mobily’s network in the KSA as well as more that 47 countries through more than 87 global roaming relationships. In fact, selected top Saudi corporates are already testing BlackBerry from Mobily in an exclusive pilot program.
‘We are very excited to launch BlackBerry from Mobily in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The market has definitely developed and is now ripe and ready to optimise all the BlackBerry offerings,’ said Derek Roga, Chief Executive Officer, EMS.
‘With more than 5 million subscribers, BlackBerry continues to gain traction around the world. We are pleased to be extending the availability of BlackBerry into new markets and look forward to launching with Mobily and EMS in the KSA,’ said Charmaine Eggberry, Vice President and Managing Director of EMEA at Research in Motion.
Source- http://www.ameinfo.com
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