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Cable &
Wireless Introduces Pre-Paid Option for BlackBerry Internet
Service in the Caribbean Region
Date Posted: July 16, 2008
Anguilla - Cable & Wireless, a leading full-service
telecommunications provider in the Caribbean, and Research
In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) announced today
that voice and data services for BlackBerry® smartphones are
now available from Cable & Wireless for pre-paid bmobile
customers in Anguilla and other countries in the region.
This important development will allow bmobile pre-paid
customers to make phone calls, send and receive email,
interact via social networking, browse the web (including
the latest sports scores), send and receive pictures and
much more using the BlackBerry® wireless solution.
According to Yankee Group, pre-pay customers account for a
large portion of the global mobile market, including
approximately 83.5% of Latin America subscribers in 2007.
“Cable & Wireless’ introduction of a pre-paid option for
BlackBerry Internet Service in the Caribbean is a
significant step in extending the reach of BlackBerry
smartphones to more consumers in the region,” said Mark
Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing at Research In
Motion.
“Our customers have asked for this service and we are
extremely proud to make the world of BlackBerry available to
them. We are also excited to introduce this service to over
1.2 million of our pre-paid users, giving them the ability
to stay connected to the Internet and stay in touch wherever
they are for a low fixed price,” said Richard Dodd, Chief
Executive Cable & Wireless Caribbean.
Cable & Wireless bmobile is leading the industry by
providing a pre-paid BlackBerry Internet Service plan to its
customers in the Caribbean.
Pre-paid customers subscribing to BlackBerry Internet
Service can access up to 10 supported business and personal
email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts)
from their BlackBerry smartphone. Customers will also be
able to select from a wide range of powerful BlackBerry
smartphones, such as the BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8120, BlackBerry®
Curve™ 8320 and BlackBerry® 8820. All provide a renowned
mobile experience for email, phone, messaging, web browsing,
multimedia, organizer and other applications.
The above BlackBerry smartphones also feature:
National and international support with quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
and built-in Wi-Fi® (802.11) with support for Wi-Fi security
protocols including WEP (Wireless Equivalency Protocol), WPA
(Wi-Fi Protected Access) and WPA2.
Premium phone features including noise cancellation
technology to offset background noise, Speaker Independent
Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD),
dedicated 'send', 'end', and 'mute' keys, low-distortion
speakerphone, and Bluetooth® (2.0) support for hands-free
use with headsets, car kits, stereo headsets and other
Bluetooth peripherals.
Easy web access with the BlackBerry® Browser, which includes
a "Page View" option that displays a full web page on the
screen along with a magnifying glass that allows the user to
quickly and accurately point and zoom in on a specific area
of the web page.
Roxio® Media Manager for BlackBerry®, a powerful media
manager application that allows users to easily search for
media files on their computer, view and organize them,
create MP3 music files from CDs, add audio tags and album
art, create playlists and copy or convert pictures, music
and videos for optimal playback.
A microSD/SDHC expandable memory slot for additional
storage, and support for high-speed USB allowing users to
transfer files between the handset and a PC at data
throughput rates of up to 10MB/sec.
Support for polyphonic, mp3 and MIDI ringtones.
Support for instant messaging with BlackBerry® Messenger,
Google® Talk and Yahoo!® Messenger.
Pre-paid customers wanting to sign up for the BlackBerry
Internet Service can do so by visiting the Cable & Wireless
main office in The Valley.
Payment for the service can be made through the many
convenient TopUp avenues and agents. The cost for BlackBerry
Internet Service from Cable & Wireless is EC$15.00 per week
with a one-off sign up fee of EC$25.
