Bangladesh

BlackBerry Pearl 8130 (silver)

Dhaka, Bangladesh - Grameenphone Ltd. and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® wireless solution in Bangladesh. The BlackBerry solution will be provided through Grameenphone’s Business Solutions, which is focused on meeting the special needs of businesses.

Available for the first time in Bangladesh, BlackBerry smartphones will provide Grameenphone's customers with access to a wide range of mobile applications, including email, browsing, messaging, phone, organizer, multimedia and a wide range of other business and lifestyle applications.

Anders Jensen, CEO at Grameenphone 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 launching the BlackBerry platform in Bangladesh, bringing in the next level of global connectivity for businesses.”

The four-year managed services contract includes maintenance of both GSM and MOTOwi4TM Canopy® wireless broadband networks in Bangladesh

Motorola, Inc. said it has been awarded a four-year full-operations and managed services contract by Warid Telecom for its GSM and Canopy® networks in major cities and sub-districts in the eastern part of Bangladesh.

Motorola commenced operating and maintaining the GSM and Canopy networks with world-class service levels concurrently with the rollout of Warid’s commercial services in March 2007.

The contract includes managed services covering the operations and maintenance of GSM Base Station Systems (BSS), transmission quality, as well as operations and maintenance of the MOTOwi4 Canopy systems used for last mile customer connectivity.

“We currently manage networks and processes for over 100 public and private wireless operators globally, said Simon Leung, president, Motorola Asia Pacific, “This allows our customers such as Warid to focus on their core businesses and not the complexity of their networks.