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Tbilisi, Georgia, Paris and Waterloo, ON – November 12,
2009 - Magticom Georgia,Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and
Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the launch of
the BlackBerry® solution for Magticom customers in Georgia. Magticom
customers will now be able to enjoy the productivity benefits of using
BlackBerry® smartphones to stay connected to people and information while on
the go. Users will benefit from enhanced communication with mobile access to
email, the Internet and phone calls, as well as powerful multimedia features
and easy access to a wide range of business and leisure applications.
“MagtiCom's subscribers want access to the latest technology that can help
them manage all aspects of their lives. The BlackBerry solution fits
perfectly with MagtiCom’s mission of ‘Connecting to your world’ and will allow
users to access voice, email and a wide range of mobile data services
through an advanced and stylish smartphone,” said David Lee, General
Director, MagtiCom LTD. “MagtiCom welcomes Alcatel-Lucent as
a partner and looks forward to working with a world class supplier of
communication solutions. I am excited and proud to be offering
our customers such an advanced communications product and I’m convinced
that our customers will enjoy the productivity benefits of BlackBerry
smartphones.”
Alexander Tikhonov, head of Alcatel-Lucent’s activities in CIS added: “This
project strengthens Alcatel-Lucent’s position as a global provider of
communications. With this offering, Magticom Georgia will expand its business
opportunities and enable its customers to benefit from the high flexibility
offered by the BlackBerry solution, allowing them to stay connected anytime,
anywhere.”
Mark Guibert, Vice President Corporate Marketing, RIM also said: “We are
pleased to work with Alcatel-Lucent and Magticom to introduce the BlackBerry
solution to Magticom customers in Georgia. BlackBerry smartphones are popular
with users around the world who want full-featured mobile phones with advanced
communications and connectivity capabilities and a choice of sleek, stylish
designs.”
At launch, Magticom Georgia will offer its customers the BlackBerry® Bold™,
BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 and BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8120 smartphones.
The BlackBerry Bold smartphone is a communications and multimedia
powerhouse. It is the first BlackBerry smartphone to support tri-band HSDPA
high-speed networks around the world and comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi®
(802.11 a/b/g). It features a lustrous black exterior, satin chrome finished
frame and stylish leatherette back plate as well as a stunning display,
sophisticated user interface and newly designed full-QWERTY keyboard.
The BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone packs a wide range of advanced
communications and multimedia capabilities into a sleek and light full-QWERTY
design. In addition to being an exceptional phone that offers access to email,
messaging, organizer, web browser and multimedia applications, the new
BlackBerry Curve 8900 features built-in Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), GPS for
location-based applications, Bluetooth® 2.0, a next generation processor
(512MHz) and a dazzling hi-resolution display.
The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone features a comprehensive suite of rich
communications and multimedia features in an impressively small and stylish
design. It is a world phone (EDGE/GPRS/GSM) and includes Wi-Fi connectivity.
The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 delivers an exceptional user experience and features
RIM’s popular SureType® keyboard, which enables a narrower handset design while
allowing easy phone dialling and message typing.
Magticom is offering BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for corporate clients, a
solution that tightly integrates with IBM Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft® Exchange
and Novell® GroupWise® and works with existing enterprise systems to enable
secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data.
BlackBerry® services also allow consumers and business users to manage up to
ten supported email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts) from
their BlackBerry smartphone.
Based on its distribution agreement with RIM, Alcatel-Lucent leveraged its
strong local presence in the region to provide Magticom Georgia with the
project management, end-to-end implementation, installation, and on-going
support services for delivering the BlackBerry solution to the Georgian market.
With Alcatel-Lucent managing integration and deployment, Magticom can focus on
delivering customer facing services, enabling the operator to quickly meet
market demand.
About Magticom in Georgia
MagtiCom Ltd, a leading mobile communications company was founded in February
1996 and was commercially launched in September 1997. At present the company is
owned by International Telcell Celular LLC and Telcell Wireless LLC. MagtiCom
commenced operating on a 900 MHz frequency band, and in November 1999, became
the first GSM operator in Georgia to move to the dual-band system – GSM
900/1800 MHz. In 2005 MagtiCom started to build the first Third Generation
network in Georgia to offer the 3G service, and in the summer of 2006, for the
first time in Georgia, MagtiCom launched third generation services, such as
high-speed Internet, Video-call and Mobile TV. In 2008 MagtiCom went beyond the
limits of mobile telecommunication, introducing the CDMA-450 standard network,
and by means of its new brand - Magti Fix, offering customers a high-standard
wireless fixed telephone service and Internet. In January 2009, the company
announced the launch of 3.5 generation HSDPA technology across Georgia.
MagtiCom has been the biggest company operating in Georgia, in both its
contribution to the economy of the country and in its number of subscribers.
Via its three brands, Magti, Bali and Magti Fix, MagtiCom is now providing
services to more than two million subscribers and remains the unchallenged
leader in Georgia’s mobile telecommunications market, covering 98% of the
population and establishing new customer service standards.
For more information, visit  http://www.magticom.ge/
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'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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