Airtel and Research In Motion (RIM) announced on Friday, the launch of the corporate and high end business enterprise BlackBerry series in India.
Mr Norm Lo, vice-president (Asia-Pacific), RIM, said, "There are close to five million BlackBerry users worldwide. This new convergence device will signal the end of mobile phones. Customers can access corporate data, sales and inventory information while being mobile with a device that has more processing power, much faster browsing capabilities and data speeds."
The new Rs 29,990 BlackBerry 8700g, is the first enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE) platform handset from Airtel which features a completely re-engineered device platform with an Intel XScale cellular processor, 64 MB flash memory for faster web browsing, application performance and attachment viewing. Once an email is sent to the inbox, the message is automatically pushed to the BlackBerry, in addition to enabling secure, wireless access to back-end office applications.
Mr Hemant Sachdev, director marketing and communications, Bharti Airtel, said, "This handset is ideal for the exclusive style and usage needs of the corporate user and the business enterprise segment. Our research indicates that 50 per cent of the top Indian enterprises use BlackBerry’s and now the retail segment is also embracing the concept." According to experts, EDGE provides up to three times the data capacity of GPRS and allows the delivery of advanced mobile services such as the downloading of video and music clips, full multimedia messaging, high-speed colour Internet access and email while being mobile.
Mr Norm Lo, vice-president (Asia-Pacific), RIM, said, "There are close to five million BlackBerry users worldwide. This new convergence device will signal the end of mobile phones. Customers can access corporate data, sales and inventory information while being mobile with a device that has more processing power, much faster browsing capabilities and data speeds."
The new Rs 29,990 BlackBerry 8700g, is the first enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE) platform handset from Airtel which features a completely re-engineered device platform with an Intel XScale cellular processor, 64 MB flash memory for faster web browsing, application performance and attachment viewing. Once an email is sent to the inbox, the message is automatically pushed to the BlackBerry, in addition to enabling secure, wireless access to back-end office applications.
Mr Hemant Sachdev, director marketing and communications, Bharti Airtel, said, "This handset is ideal for the exclusive style and usage needs of the corporate user and the business enterprise segment. Our research indicates that 50 per cent of the top Indian enterprises use BlackBerry’s and now the retail segment is also embracing the concept." According to experts, EDGE provides up to three times the data capacity of GPRS and allows the delivery of advanced mobile services such as the downloading of video and music clips, full multimedia messaging, high-speed colour Internet access and email while being mobile.