Wataniya and RIM Launch BlackBerry® Service in the Maldives
Male, Maldives: Wataniya Telecom Maldives and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry® service for the first time in the Maldives.
The BlackBerry® service supports easy wireless access to email, phone, organizer, web, multimedia and other business and lifestyle applications. Wataniya customers will now be able to enjoy the freedom and productivity benefits of using BlackBerry® smartphones to stay connected to people and information while on the go.
At launch, Wataniya will offer BlackBerry® service to corporate customers using BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, which provides a reliable, manageable and secure wireless solution for enterprise email systems and applications.
Stephen Smith, Chief Operating Officer of Wataniya, said: “We are proud to enter this partnership with RIM to provide the highly anticipated BlackBerry® service to customers in the Maldives for the first time. The BlackBerry® service provides a meaningful and secure connection to enterprise email and other important systems, and we’re glad to be able to provide this capability to our customers. We look forward to keep offering the best in innovative and aspirational products to our customers.”
Hastings Singh, Vice President of South Asia at RIM, commented: "We’re delighted to be working with Wataniya to bring the BlackBerry® service to customers in the Maldives.”
The BlackBerry® service will be made available to Wataniya’s post-paid customers. For more details about Wataniya’s price plans and to learn more about the BlackBerry® service from Wataniya, please visit: www.wataniya.mv/blackberry
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