Celtel, EMS and RIM Introduce the BlackBerry Solution in Zambia
Lusaka, Zambia and Waterloo, ON - Celtel Zambia, Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) and Emitac Mobile Solutions LLC (EMS) today launched the BlackBerry® solution in Zambia. The BlackBerry solution brings together powerful smartphones, software and services to allow easy wireless access to email, phone, calendar, web, multimedia and other business and lifestyle applications. Celtel customers in Zambia will now be able to enjoy the freedom and productivity benefits of using BlackBerry® smartphones to stay connected to people and information on the go.
“As the leading mobile phone service provider in Zambia, we are pleased to partner with Emitac Mobile Solutions and RIM to introduce the BlackBerry solution in Zambia”, stated David Venn, Celtel Zambia Managing Director.
“By leveraging our relationship with RIM and our regional experience in the mobility market, we are able to partner with Celtel Zambia to deliver the complete BlackBerry wireless solution to Celtel's customers,” said Babar Khan CEO of Emitac Mobile Solution (EMS), RIM's strategic channel partner in the region. “We continuously strive to provide quality and timely client oriented services to Celtel’s customers while keeping them on the cutting-edge of technology.”
Charmaine Eggberry, Vice President and Managing Director, EMEA at RIM added, “We are delighted to work with EMS and Celtel to introduce the BlackBerry solution in Zambia. The BlackBerry solution allows people to stay easily connected to colleagues, friends and family, as well as access a growing range of business and personal applications while they are on the move.”
The BlackBerry Curve 8300:
At launch, Celtel Zambia will offer the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8300 smartphone. The BlackBerry Curve 8300 is the smallest and lightest full-QWERTY BlackBerry smartphone. It offers a robust blend of communications, multimedia and web features to provide users with an exceptional mobile companion for both work and leisure. With its stylish design, large display, easy-to-use keyboard and intuitive trackball navigation system, the BlackBerry Curve 8300 looks as great as it performs. In addition to the renowned communications features and refined usability that have won praise for BlackBerry smartphones around the world, the BlackBerry Curve 8300 also offers a variety of advanced multimedia features including a 2 megapixel camera, complete with 5x digital zoom, built-in flash, self-portrait mirror and full screen viewfinder. Photos can be saved on the smartphone, which includes an expandable memory slot for additional storage, or shared easily and instantly by email, MMS or Instant Messaging. Photos can also be transferred over Bluetooth® or USB cable. The smartphone also comes with desktop software that gives customers the ability to create MP3 music files from CDs, create play lists and automatically convert pictures, music and videos from a PC for playback on the smartphone.
Celtel Zambia is offering BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for corporate customers and BlackBerry® Internet Service for smaller businesses and individual users.
BlackBerry Enterprise Server is targeted specifically for organisations that manage their own email servers. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server software tightly integrates with IBM® Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft® Exchange and Novell® GroupWise® and uses advanced encryption and IT policy controls to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate applications.
BlackBerry Internet Service is designed for smaller businesses and individuals. It allows customers to access up to 10 supported corporate and personal email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts such as, Yahoo!® Mail and Google™ Mail) from a single device.
About Celtel International
Celtel is the most successful pan-African mobile network, offering telecommunications services to more people in Africa than any other network. The company is one of the best-known branded businesses in Africa with mobile licenses covering more than 400 million people, close to half of Africa’s population. Under the brand promise of ‘Making Life Better’, the company is committed to achieving sustainable development of telecommunications in Africa. Celtel has more than 20 million customers and operates mobile cellular operations in 14 countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Madagascar, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Madagascar and Zambia. For more information please visit www.celtel.com
Celtel is owned by Zain, a leading provider of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East and Africa. Zain employs 13,000 people provides a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 29.7 million active individual and business customers.
The Mobile Telecommunications Company KSC (the parent company) is a Kuwaiti shareholding company and its shares are traded on the Kuwait Stock Exchange. The company’s market capitalisation at 1 May, 2007 exceeded US$ 24 billion. For more information please visit www.zain.com
About EMS
Emitac Mobile Solutions (EMS) is a Dubai based solutions and service provider and RIM strategic channel partner focused on the delivery, implementation and support of BlackBerry® Solutions. Delivered by an experienced team of mobile professionals, EMS provides the mobile operator with sales, marketing, distribution, solution implementation and technical support services for the BlackBerry wireless platform from Research In Motion (RIM). For organizations using the BlackBerry wireless platform, EMS provides the ability to rapidly create, deploy and manage robust client-server wireless applications that reduce an organization's total cost of ownership and significantly increases the value of their mobile technology investment. EMS is the region’s first Mobile Virtual Solutions Provider (MVSP) whose services are delivered through partnerships the company has with mobile operators in the Gulf, North Africa and Eastern Europe. For more information about EMS please visit the Company website at www.emsmobile.com
About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM’s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.
“As the leading mobile phone service provider in Zambia, we are pleased to partner with Emitac Mobile Solutions and RIM to introduce the BlackBerry solution in Zambia”, stated David Venn, Celtel Zambia Managing Director.
“By leveraging our relationship with RIM and our regional experience in the mobility market, we are able to partner with Celtel Zambia to deliver the complete BlackBerry wireless solution to Celtel's customers,” said Babar Khan CEO of Emitac Mobile Solution (EMS), RIM's strategic channel partner in the region. “We continuously strive to provide quality and timely client oriented services to Celtel’s customers while keeping them on the cutting-edge of technology.”
Charmaine Eggberry, Vice President and Managing Director, EMEA at RIM added, “We are delighted to work with EMS and Celtel to introduce the BlackBerry solution in Zambia. The BlackBerry solution allows people to stay easily connected to colleagues, friends and family, as well as access a growing range of business and personal applications while they are on the move.”
The BlackBerry Curve 8300:
At launch, Celtel Zambia will offer the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8300 smartphone. The BlackBerry Curve 8300 is the smallest and lightest full-QWERTY BlackBerry smartphone. It offers a robust blend of communications, multimedia and web features to provide users with an exceptional mobile companion for both work and leisure. With its stylish design, large display, easy-to-use keyboard and intuitive trackball navigation system, the BlackBerry Curve 8300 looks as great as it performs. In addition to the renowned communications features and refined usability that have won praise for BlackBerry smartphones around the world, the BlackBerry Curve 8300 also offers a variety of advanced multimedia features including a 2 megapixel camera, complete with 5x digital zoom, built-in flash, self-portrait mirror and full screen viewfinder. Photos can be saved on the smartphone, which includes an expandable memory slot for additional storage, or shared easily and instantly by email, MMS or Instant Messaging. Photos can also be transferred over Bluetooth® or USB cable. The smartphone also comes with desktop software that gives customers the ability to create MP3 music files from CDs, create play lists and automatically convert pictures, music and videos from a PC for playback on the smartphone.
Celtel Zambia is offering BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for corporate customers and BlackBerry® Internet Service for smaller businesses and individual users.
BlackBerry Enterprise Server is targeted specifically for organisations that manage their own email servers. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server software tightly integrates with IBM® Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft® Exchange and Novell® GroupWise® and uses advanced encryption and IT policy controls to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate applications.
BlackBerry Internet Service is designed for smaller businesses and individuals. It allows customers to access up to 10 supported corporate and personal email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts such as, Yahoo!® Mail and Google™ Mail) from a single device.
About Celtel International
Celtel is the most successful pan-African mobile network, offering telecommunications services to more people in Africa than any other network. The company is one of the best-known branded businesses in Africa with mobile licenses covering more than 400 million people, close to half of Africa’s population. Under the brand promise of ‘Making Life Better’, the company is committed to achieving sustainable development of telecommunications in Africa. Celtel has more than 20 million customers and operates mobile cellular operations in 14 countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Madagascar, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Madagascar and Zambia. For more information please visit www.celtel.com
Celtel is owned by Zain, a leading provider of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East and Africa. Zain employs 13,000 people provides a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 29.7 million active individual and business customers.
The Mobile Telecommunications Company KSC (the parent company) is a Kuwaiti shareholding company and its shares are traded on the Kuwait Stock Exchange. The company’s market capitalisation at 1 May, 2007 exceeded US$ 24 billion. For more information please visit www.zain.com
About EMS
Emitac Mobile Solutions (EMS) is a Dubai based solutions and service provider and RIM strategic channel partner focused on the delivery, implementation and support of BlackBerry® Solutions. Delivered by an experienced team of mobile professionals, EMS provides the mobile operator with sales, marketing, distribution, solution implementation and technical support services for the BlackBerry wireless platform from Research In Motion (RIM). For organizations using the BlackBerry wireless platform, EMS provides the ability to rapidly create, deploy and manage robust client-server wireless applications that reduce an organization's total cost of ownership and significantly increases the value of their mobile technology investment. EMS is the region’s first Mobile Virtual Solutions Provider (MVSP) whose services are delivered through partnerships the company has with mobile operators in the Gulf, North Africa and Eastern Europe. For more information about EMS please visit the Company website at www.emsmobile.com
About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM’s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.
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