Airtel, a New Delhi, India-based mobile service provider with more than 13 million customers, says it will expand its portfolio by introducing BlackBerry Connect to three devices it currently offers.
These devices are the Nokia 9500 Communicator, Nokia 9300 smartphone and Sony Ericsson P910i. The two Nolia and one Sony Ericcson product join Airtel's existing BlackBerry portfolio, which includes the BlackBerry 7100g and BlackBerry 7290.
Mr. Manoj Kohli, President Mobility, announced, "Email continues to be a key communication medium and research indicates that the first application most mobile users like to see integrated into their mobile phones is their email," Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd.President Mobility Manoj Kohli says in a statement.
"A constantly widening group of mobile professionals have already recognized the productivity benefits of BlackBerry," he added. "Our announcement today of extending the BlackBerry service to a much wider range of new and stylish mobile phone handsets allows us to address the needs of a broader target group of mobile users, thereby further catalyzing the adoption and usage of BlackBerry in India."
