New 3G World Phone Keeps You Connected on High-Speed CDMA Networks in India and UMTS/HSPA Networks Abroad
Tata Teleservices Limited, India’s fastest-growing pan-India dual-technology telecom service provider, and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, today launched the BlackBerry® Tour™, a 3G enabled smartphone equipped with world phone capability and rich multimedia features, priced at Rs 27,990.
The new BlackBerry Tour is a state-of-the-art smartphone providing users with an enhanced communications experience. It allows customers to stay seamlessly connected - across town and around the world - with support for high-speed CDMA networks in India and UMTS/HSPA (2100Mhz) and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks abroad.*
The BlackBerry Tour features a stylish black finish with chrome highlights framing its sleek design. In addition to providing an exceptional mobile phone and easy wireless access to email, the BlackBerry Tour is equipped with rich multimedia features including a 3.2 megapixel camera with support for video recording. With its support for BlackBerry App World™, users can also access free mobile applications designed for business, productivity, games, news and lifestyle needs.
Announcing the launch of the BlackBerry Tour smartphone, Pradeep Dwivedi, Senior Vice President- Marketing, Tata Teleservices Limited, said “Tata Teleservices recognizes that for many people, smartphones have become a lifeline for their business and personal relationships. With life becoming ‘on-the-go’ the BlackBerry Tour, together with our innovative offerings, will appeal to both retail and business customers who want industry-leading email, messaging, social networking, mobile Internet, camera, music and entertainment features while being able to stay seamlessly connected in India as well as internationally. This is a true 3G era phone that offers an exceptional mobile experience to discerning customers.”
“The BlackBerry Tour smartphone offers outstanding mobile performance, state-of-the-art communications, rich multimedia capabilities and consummate styling,” said Frenny Bawa, Vice President, India, Research In Motion. “RIM and Tata have established a strong relationship and we look forward to working together to offer this impressive smartphone to Tata's customers in India.
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The BlackBerry Tour smartphone includes premium phone features such as voice activated dialing, enhanced background noise cancellation, a low-distortion speakerphone, and Bluetooth® support for hands-free headsets, stereo headsets and car kits. It also offers easy access to popular social networking and IM services with applications available for Facebook®, MySpace, Yahoo!® Messenger, AIM®, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger™ and BlackBerry® Messenger. Moreover it offers the industry's leading push email service, allowing customers to access up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts from a BlackBerry smartphone.
* Roaming contract required. Check with service provider.
About Tata Teleservices Limited
Tata Teleservices Limited is one of India’s leading private telecom service providers, having a pan-India presence across all of India’s 22 telecom Circles. The company offers integrated telecom solutions to its customers under brands - Tata Indicom, Tata DOCOMO, Tata Photon and Tata Walky and uses both the CDMA and GSM technology platform(s) for its wireless networks. Tata Teleservices Limited, along with Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited, operates in more than 420,000 towns and villages across the country, serving nearly 60 million subscribers. After its collaboration with Japan’s NTT DOCOMO in November 2008, Tata Teleservices has so far launched GSM services under the TATA DOCOMO brand name in 15 telecom Circles, and the remaining part of the country is also expected to be covered shortly. In December 2008, Tata Teleservices announced a unique reverse equity swap strategic agreement between its fully-owned telecom tower subsidiary—Wireless TT Info-Services Limited—and Quippo Telecom Infrastructure Limited, thereby becoming the largest independent entity in this space. Tata Teleservices’ bouquet of telephony services includes mobile services, wireless desktop phones, public booth telephony and Wireline services
For details, visit www.tatateleservices.com, www.tataindicom.com, and www.tatadocomo.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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