The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Grameenphone (GP) Ltd and Research In Motion (RIM) yesterday announced the launching of Blackberry wireless solution in Bangladesh. The Blackberry solution will be provided through GP's business solutions, which is focused on meeting the special needs of business.

Blackberry smart phones will provide GP's customers with access to a wide range of mobile applications, including e-mail, browsing, messaging, phone, organiser, multimedia and a wide range of other business and lifestyle applications.

This was disclosed at a press conference organised by GP at a city hotel.

Anders Jensen, CEO of GP, Stein Naevdal Larsen, Chief Marketing Officer, Rubaba Dowla Matin, Head of Brands, Syed Yamin Bakht, Head of Information, Norm Lo, Vice President of Asia Pacific of RIM, among others, were present on the occasion.

Anders Jensen said, "The Blackberry platform is the gold standard in mobility for business users around the world. We are proud to be the first mobile operator to launch the Blackberry wireless solution in Bangladesh, bringing in the next level of global connectivity for business."

Norm Lo said, "Blackberry platform, together with GP's network, will offer an innovative and powerful mobile solution that enables users to be more productive, flexible and successful in both work and life."

GP will initially offer the Blackberry 8700g and Blackberry Pearl smart phones in conjunction with Blackberry enterprise server and Internet service. Blackberry 8700g and Blackberry Pearl will operate on GP's EDGE/GPRS enabled GSM network.

Blackberry 8700g and Blackberry Pearl smart phones will be available from GP in January this year.

Blackberry 8700g comes with a full 'Qwerty' keyboard and delivers fast performance for wireless e-mail (with support for attachment viewing), web browsing and other mobile applications. It features a bright, high resolution LCD display that delivers vivid graphics and incorporates an intelligent light-sensing technology that automatically adjusts the screen and keyboard lighting to provide optimal lighting for indoor, outdoor and dark environments.

Blackberry Pearl is packed with powerful communication and multimedia capabilities and yet it is incredibly sleek and stylish. It incorporates RIM's innovative 'SureType' keyboard technology, which merges a phone keypad with a familiar keyboard to enable a narrower design while allowing users to type messages and dial phone numbers quickly and accurately.