Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Paris, France and Waterloo, Canada - Zain Saudi Arabia, part of Zain group operating in 20 countries in the Middle East and Africa, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) announced the launch of the BlackBerry® solution for Zain customers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Zain customers will now be able to enjoy the benefits of enhanced communications and increased productivity by using a BlackBerry® smartphone to access email, browse the web and access a wide variety of other business and leisure applications on the move.
Based on its distribution agreement with RIM, Alcatel-Lucent is leveraging its strong local presence in the region to provide Zain Saudi Arabia with the project management, end-to-end implementation, installation, commissioning and on-going support for delivering the BlackBerry solution to the Saudi market. With Alcatel-Lucent managing integration and deployment, Zain Saudi Arabia can focus on delivering customer facing services, enabling the operator to quickly meet market demand.
“The launch of the BlackBerry solution, demonstrates Zain’s commitment to achieving the highest levels of service at the most competitive prices for its customers,” said Ismaeel Mohammed Fikree, Chief Operations Officer, Zain Saudi Arabia.
“This project strengthens Alcatel-Lucent’s position worldwide and in the region,” said Vincenzo Nesci, Vice-president of Alcatel-Lucent’s activities in the Middle East and Africa. “Zain Saudi Arabia will expand their business opportunity and enable their customers to benefit from the productivity and flexibility offered by the BlackBerry solution.”
“We are pleased to work with Alcatel-Lucent to introduce the BlackBerry solution to Zain customers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. BlackBerry smartphones are the right choice for people who want to stay connected to colleagues, friends and family,” said Mark Guibert, Vice President of Corporate Marketing at RIM.
At launch Zain Saudi Arabia will offer customers the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900, BlackBerry® Bold™, BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8120 and BlackBerry® Pearl™ Flip 8220 smartphones as well as service with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and BlackBerry® Internet Service. Now Zain customers in the Kingdom will enjoy the freedom of using a BlackBerry smartphone for staying connected to people and information whenever they wish.
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). The BlackBerry Curve 8900 includes GPS and Wi-Fi and packs a wide range of advanced communications and multimedia capabilities into a compact and stylish design - it is the thinnest and lightest full-QWERTY BlackBerry smartphone available. As with all BlackBerry smartphones, both handsets give users the industry’s leading mobile email and messaging solution together with easy access to a wide range of other mobile business and consumer applications.
Both the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 and BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 are sleek, stylish smartphones that are Wi-Fi –enabled. They feature ultra-small designs, while still providing a wide range of features that users have come to love about BlackBerry smartphones, including powerful phone, email, messaging, organiser, browser and multimedia applications.
BlackBerry Enterprise Server is designed specifically for organisations that manage their own email servers. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server software tightly integrates with IBM® Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft® Exchange and Novell® GroupWise® and uses advanced encryption and IT policy controls to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data.
BlackBerry Internet Service is designed for smaller businesses and individuals. It allows customers to access up to 10 supported corporate and personal email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts, such as Yahoo! Mail and Google Mail) from a single BlackBerry smartphone.
About Zain in Saudi Arabia:
Zain is the newest player in the mobile telecommunication market of Saudi Arabia. We strive to become the preferred choice for voice, messaging, multimedia, call management, data and other services in the Kingdom. Building on the expertise of the Zain Group and the insights of our local team, we are building a trusted and effective telecommunication provider for the largest country in the Middle East. For more information, visit Zain Saudi Arabia on internet: http://www.sa.zain.com/
About Zain:
Zain is a leading telecommunications operator across the Middle East and Africa providing mobile voice and data services to 69.5 million active customers as at 30 June, 2009. In terms of country footprint, Zain is the 3rd largest mobile operator in the world with a commercial presence in 24 countries. Zain operates in the following countries: Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine (currently operating as Paltel Group), Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. In Lebanon, the company manages ‘mtc-touch’ on behalf of the government. In Morocco, Zain owns 31% of Wana Telecom through a joint venture.
Zain offers innovative services in its markets such as ‘One Network’, the world’s first borderless mobile telecommunications network enabling customers when abroad to receive calls and sms without charge and to make voice and data calls at local rates throughout 19 countries in Africa and the Middle East. This service allows a customer to top up airtime in their home country or from more than 1,000,000 outlets within Zain’s ‘One Network’ footprint. The Zain brand is wholly owned by Mobile Telecommunications Company KSC, which is listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (Stock ticker: ZAIN). Zain is listed in the Financial Times’ Global 500 Index which ranks the world’s largest companies based on market capitalization (http://www.ft.com/reports/ft5002008). Zain aims to become one of the top ten mobile operators in the world by end of the year 2011. For more, please visit http://www.zain.com/
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.
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 16.98 billion in 2008 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
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