www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Belgian operator Belgacom will launch its revamped internet offerings on March 1, 2010. Internet Start with 2 GB is the entry-level package; Internet Comfort with 8 GB is the standard package and Internet Favorite with 75 GB will be the heavier usage package.

EUR 18.90 per month will be charged for Internet Start with speeds at 2 Mbps, EUR 32.50 for Internet Comfort with 12 Mbps speed. Internet Favorite and Internet Intense will provide 20 Mbps for EUR 42.90 and EUR 56 respectively. Larger mailbox volumes of 1 GB will benefit all packages.

Additional volume could be bought by customers exceeding their data limits. with Start and Comfort customers paying EUR 1 per extra 1 GB and Favorite clients EUR 5 per extra 20 GB. Both new and existing customers can avail the new offering.

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RIM launches BlackBerry Tour smartphone

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry® Tour™ – a powerful new 3G BlackBerry® smartphone for CDMA customers in North America. The new BlackBerry Tour smartphone offers state-of-the-art communications and multimedia capabilities with outstanding mobile performance and consummate styling. It is a feature-packed and highly refined world phone that keeps you connected and lets you tour the world in style.

“BlackBerry continues to be the top selling smartphone brand in North America and we are proud to add this powerful new 3G world phone to our successful product portfolio,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. “With its striking design and exceptional performance, the new BlackBerry Tour will offer a compelling choice for the growing number of wireless customers looking to upgrade their existing cell phone to a smartphone.”

The BlackBerry Tour smartphone allows customers to stay seamlessly connected – across town and around the world. It supports high-speed 3G EV-DO Rev. A networks in North America, as well as 3G UMTS/HSPA (2100Mhz) and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks abroad. (more…)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Taiwan Mobile and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that the highly anticipated BlackBerry® Storm™ – the first touch-screen BlackBerry® smartphone – will be available in Taiwan tomorrow.   The BlackBerry Storm smartphone features the world’s first “clickable” touch-screen and delivers the renowned usability and
performance of the BlackBerry solution with powerful communications and multimedia features.
Honoured with the GSMA’s Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough award at Mobile World Congress 2009, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone’s unique SurePress™ touch-screen depresses ever so slightly when the screen is pressed, dramatically enhancing the touch interface for both typing and navigation and giving users an experience they can actually feel. The BlackBerry Storm offers a large and stunning display together with a first class phone and the industry’s leading email and messaging capabilities, as well as many other powerful features including 3G (HSPA) network support, desktop-style web pages, advanced multimedia capabilities, 3.2 megapixel camera and built-in GPS – all designed to give users a fast and intuitive mobile experience. (more…)