Mumbai, India - Reliance Communications and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) have introduced the ‘Reliance E-Lite’ plan for BlackBerry® smartphone users in India. With the ‘Reliance E-Lite’ plan, users can have unlimited access to email and instant messaging (IM) on their BlackBerry smartphones for just Rs. 299 per month.
The Reliance E-Lite service plan offers unlimited access to the industry's leading email and instant messaging features, allowing Reliance customers to access up to 10 supported POP3/IMAP email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo! Mail and Google Mail). Users can also view, popular attachment formats including JPEG, TIF, Microsoft® Word, Excel and Power Point® while on the move.
The ‘Reliance E-Lite’ service plan also enables users to have unlimited access to popular IM services like Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger and BlackBerry® Messenger. The service plan is offered with all BlackBerry smartphones available from Reliance Mobile, such as BlackBerry® 8703e, BlackBerry® 8830 ,BlackBerry® Curve™ 8300, BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900, BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8110 and BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8130.
Mr. Vrajesh Shelat, Head- Wireless Data Business, Reliance Communications said, “It has been our constant endeavour to bring greater value to the Indian consumer. Through ‘Reliance E-Lite’ we will extend our reach to a wider market by providing an affordable and high quality of service to consumers who wish to primarily stay connected through email and instant messaging on their smartphones while on the move.”
Ms. Frenny Bawa, Vice President India, Research In Motion said, “RIM welcomes this attractive new service plan for Reliance Communications customers in India. We continue to see strong interest from a broad range of customers in India and this new service plan will help further expand the reach the BlackBerry solution in India.”
About Reliance Communications
Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri Dhirubhai H Ambani (1932-2002) is the flagship company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group currently has net worth in excess of Rs. 55,000 crore (US$ 14 billion), cash flows of Rs. 11,000 crore (US$ 2.8 billion), net profit of Rs. 7,700 crore (US$ 1.9 billion) and zero net debt. Rated among "Asia's Top 5 Most Valuable Telecom Companies", Reliance Communications is India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The company, with a customer base of over 48 million including over 1.5 million individual overseas retail customers, ranks among the Top 10 Asian Telecom companies by number of customers. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 1,850 Indian and multinational corporations, and over 250 global carriers.
Reliance Communications has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire infocomm value chain, covering over 20,000 towns and 450,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates the world's largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 165,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region. For more information, visit www.reliancecommunications.co.in
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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