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RIM along with Reliance Communications have announced the launch of the BlackBerry Bold for Reliance Communications GSM customers in India. The Bold is expected to be available from Reliance by the end of October within India… and will sell for 34,900 rupees (roughly $760 USD by today’s conversion).

When asked to comment, RIM’s Co-CEO Jim Balsillie, said: “Reliance Communications and Research In Motion have been working together closely to bring the many benefits of the BlackBerry solution to their CDMA customers in India and I am now extremely pleased to say that we will jointly serve their GSM customers as well. The new BlackBerry Bold smartphone, with its global connectivity capabilities and advanced communications and multimedia features, offers customers a truly liberating mobile experience that we believe will be very well received by customers in India.”

President of Mobile Data and Content Services for Reliance Communications, Mahesh Prasad also commented on the announcement: “Our strong relationship with RIM has helped us strengthen our offering in the smartphone segment and in creating customer choice and delight. With the new BlackBerry Bold on our GSM network, our customers have an even wider range of BlackBerry smartphones to choose from.”

Labels: Blackberry

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