TATA DOCOMO launches BlackBerry Curve 8520

The latest in the BlackBerry Curve family gives you a reason to “DO THE NEW”

Excellent new features that fit your lifestyle @ just Rs. 14990/-

Mumbai, 30, November 2009: TATA DOCOMO, the youngest telecom brand and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, today unveiled the BlackBerry® Curve TM 8520 smartphone priced at just Rs. 14990/-. The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone, together with TATA DOCOMO offerings, will appeal to a broad spectrum of retail and business customers who want an exceptional mobile experience with easy mobile access to email, messaging, social networking and mobile Internet, as well as powerful multimedia features including a music and video player and camera with video recording.
Announcing the launch of the BlackBerry Curve 8520 Mr. Abdul Khan, Head-Tata DoCoMo Marketing and Advisor to the MD, Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited, said “Since the time we launched Tata DoCoMo services, we have been consistently offering cost effective propositions for our customers that has increased mobile usage and penetration in the region. We are pleased to launch this stylish new Blackberry Curve 8520 smartphone that has both style & features within the reach of a larger population.”
“The BlackBerry Curve 8520 is a sleek, stylish and approachable smartphone with a compelling mix of features. We believe this amazing new model, with its new track pad navigation system and integrated multimedia features, will attract a broad range of mobile customers to the BlackBerry services offered on the Tata DOCOMO network,” said Ms Frenny Bawa, Vice President India, Research In Motion.

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 Smartphone

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly feature-rich and easy-to-use smartphone. It introduces an innovative touch-sensitive track pad, which makes scrolling and selection smooth and easy for a great navigation experience. It also includes dedicated media keys that are smoothly integrated along the top of the handset giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos.

In addition to providing the industry’s leading mobile solution for email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and social networking and a highly tactile, full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 comes with powerful multimedia features, useful applications to help users stay organized and productive, full HTML browsing and built-in Wi-Fi®. All the more, the smartphone offers approximately 4.5 hrs of talk time and 17 days of standby time.

About Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited

Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited (TTML) is a fully integrated, premier telecommunication service provider licensed to provide telecommunication services in Maharashtra (including Mumbai) and Goa. TTML has wireless operations on both CDMA (Tata Indicom) and GSM (Tata DoCoMo) platforms. It focuses on all market segments, i.e. commercial, residential and public telephony. TTML has over 10 million customers in Maharashtra and Goa. These include reputed corporates, SMEs and residential customers. The Company has been rated the No. 1 wireless operator in terms of overall customer satisfaction across Maharashtra (including Mumbai) and Goa, in surveys commissioned by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) (Scrip code-532371) and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) (Scrip symbol – TTML).

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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