14 DAY TRIAL // On Monday, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion announced the launch of its BlackBerry Solution on the market in China, through an agreement with wireless carrier China Telecom. According to the duo, the BlackBerry solution will be delivered to China Telecom enterprise customers across its EVDO 3G network in China, offering them smartphones, software and services that are available for the first time for CDMA customers in China.
Through the new solution, China Telecom enterprise customers will be able to access their email, messaging, enterprise social networking, phone, and more, not to mention that they will be able to tap into the features of a wide range of business software solutions. The BlackBerry smartphones will offer users great productivity capabilities, keeping them wirelessly connected at all times to the people and information important to them.
“Following the launch today, China Telecom plans to offer its customers the powerful and feature-rich BlackBerry solution with a selection of service plans. China Telecom understands the needs of its enterprise customers and is pleased to launch the BlackBerry solution, providing an end-to-end integrated platform that delivers effective and efficient communications,” the two companies announced.
Starting with the second half of May, China Telecom will offer to its users the EVDO 3G-enabled BlackBerry Storm smartphone, coupled with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server software. The BlackBerry solution will be marketed with the “E Surfing” 3G service from the wireless carrier, and should arrive in sixteen provinces when originally launched.
The availability of the BlackBerry solution via China Telecom is expected to rise the presence of BlackBerry among enterprise customers in the country, RIM stated. China Telecom’s 3G network offers connectivity to people in over 20,000 counties, offering fast access to the Internet, and enabling BlackBerry users to benefit from advanced mobile communications, various applications developed for their devices, along with high-quality voice calls on one of the largest 3G networks in the world.