Mobicom, Alcatel-Lucent and RIM Announce the Launch of the BlackBerry Solution in Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Paris, France and Waterloo, Canada - Mobicom Corporation, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® wireless solution in Mongolia. Mobicom 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, make phone calls, send and receive text and picture messages, as well as access a wide variety of business and leisure applications on the move.

At launch Mobicom will offer customers the BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphone as well as service plans for BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and BlackBerry® Internet Service.

“Customers will be able to use the BlackBerry Bold smartphone in Mongolia as well as in more than 50 countries through our over 113 global roaming relationships,” said Bolor Dorjnamjil, chief executive officer, Mobicom, “We have already seen great interest for the BlackBerry solution among various companies and professionals and we are pleased to be working with Alcatel-Lucent to deliver the BlackBerry solution to our customers. Coordination between our team and the Alcatel-Lucent team has ensured the seamless integration of the BlackBerry solution into our mobile network.”

Based on its distribution agreement with RIM, Alcatel-Lucent is leveraging its strong local presence in the region to provide Mobicom with the end-to-end implementation, integration, launch and support services for delivering the BlackBerry® solution to the Mongolian market.

"This contract further reinforces Alcatel-Lucent’s ability to leverage our global strengths and local presence to deliver enterprise managed communications and value-added services, enabling the operator to quickly meet market demand. As a result, Mobicom customers will enjoy the freedom and flexibility of the BlackBerry solution for staying connected to communications and information whenever they wish,” said Olivia Qiu, president of Alcatel-Lucent’s activities In East Asia.

"We are pleased to work with Alcatel-Lucent and Mobicom to extend the availability of the industry leading BlackBerry solution to Mobicom customers in Mongolia,” said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing, RIM. “The BlackBerry solution is a great choice for organizations and individuals that strive to be more productive, flexible, and ultimately more successful in work and life.The BlackBerry Bold is a breakthrough smartphone that offers a truly impressive mobile experience and allows people to make the most of their time in both work and life.”

BlackBerry smartphones available from Mobicom Mongolia
The BlackBerry Bold is the first BlackBerry smartphone to support tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world and comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi®, as well as a rich set of multimedia capabilities. The BlackBerry Bold smartphone is a major step forward for customers that want an exceptional mobile experience for email, entertainment and the Internet on-the-go. From its lustrous black exterior with satin chrome finished frame and stylish leatherette backplate, to its stunning display, sophisticated user interface and newly designed full-QWERTY keyboard, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone stands as a symbol of accomplishment and aspiration.

The smartphone comes with a half-VGA colour LCD display (480x320 resolution at 217 ppi) that is fused to the undersurface of the lens, making images leap out with stunning definition and clarity. Pictures are vibrant and sharp, while videos play smoothly and web pages, documents, presentations and messages are displayed with exceptional quality and contrast.

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone makes short work of downloading email attachments, streaming video or viewing web pages thanks to its next generation processor. It also includes 128 MB Flash memory, 1 GB on-board storage, plus a microSD/SDHC memory card slot that supports up to 16GB memory cards for storing music, photos and videos.

The smartphone comes with a range of exceptional productivity applications, including phone, email, messaging, organiser, browser and multimedia applications. It also works with thousands of other mobile business and lifestyle applications, making it easier than ever to stay connected, productive and entertained while on the go. With this powerful new smartphone, users can even talk on the phone while sending and receiving email or accessing the web. Users can also download Microsoft® Word, Excel or PowerPoint files and edit them directly on the handset using the preloaded DataViz® Documents to Go® software suite.

The advanced media player can display pictures and slideshows quickly, play movies smoothly in full screen mode and manage an entire music collection. Audio can be played over the handset’s dual speakers in rich stereo sound, and when using headphones or external speakers, the media player gives the user an equaliser with 11 pre-set filters – like “Lounge”, “Jazz” and “Hip Hop” – that boost or soften audio ranges to create the perfect ambiance. A 2 megapixel camera with video recording capability and built-in flash with digital zoom helps complete the picture.