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NEW DELHI, INDIA and WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - Oct. 6, 2005) - Airtel, India's leading mobile service and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today announced plans to enable a wider choice of devices with push-based BlackBerry(R) email services. Through the introduction of BlackBerry Connect(TM) in India, Airtel will extend BlackBerry wireless services to the Nokia 9500 Communicator, Nokia 9300 smartphone and Sony Ericsson P910i. Airtel's BlackBerry portfolio also includes the BlackBerry 7100g(TM) and BlackBerry 7290(TM).
With Airtel's introduction of BlackBerry Connect(TM), users of the Nokia 9500 Communicator, Nokia 9300 smartphone and Sony Ericsson P910i can enjoy the advantages of push-based BlackBerry email delivery with support for features such as wireless email synchronization and attachment viewing. Wireless calendar synchronization, remote address lookup, Triple DES encryption, IT commands and policy enforcement are additional features supported by BlackBerry Enterprise Server(TM). BlackBerry Connect enables a greater choice of devices on the BlackBerry platform to satisfy varying needs and preferences and allows IT departments the added advantage of being able to support multiple device types with the same back-end infrastructure and end-to-end security model.