MTN Launches BlackBerry Connect in South Africa

MTN and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that BlackBerry Connect™ is now available for new and existing customers of the Nokia 9500 Communicator, Nokia 9300 and Sony Ericsson P910i in South Africa. BlackBerry Connect enables advanced, push-based wireless email services on a broader range of handsets. BlackBerry Connect supports both BlackBerry Enterprise Server® and BlackBerry Internet Service™.