14 DAY TRIAL // NTT DoCoMo and Research In Motion have announced that DoCoMo will start marketing RIM's BlackBerry handheld devices to its corporate customers in autumn 2006.
DoCoMo will provide the devices to further meet corporate users' needs for mobile business solutions. BlackBerry Enterprise Server software tightly integrates with Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell GroupWise, and enables secure, push-based wireless access to e-mail and other corporate data.
The BlackBerry handheld devices to be sold in Japan will operate on both W-CDMA (UMTS) and GSM/GPRS networks and will be useable around the world for voice and packet (data) communications. The devices will have QWERTY keyboards, similar to those of PCs, for fast and easy thumb typing.
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.
DoCoMo serves more than 51 million subscribers, including 24 million people subscribing to FOMA, launched as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA, in 2001. DoCoMo also offers a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services, including i-mode, the mobile e-mail/Internet service used by more than 46 million people.