SK Telecom and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched BlackBerry® Internet Service and the BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphone, targeting business customers and professionals in Korea. The smartphone and service will be available beginning tomorrow through select SK Telecom retail shops, as well as SK Telecom’s online store and authorized business partners.

BlackBerry Internet Service is a powerful and easy-to-use service that utilizes RIM’s highly regarded “push” technology to allow users to wirelessly access up to 10 supported POP3/IMAP email accounts.  Set up is easy and does not require IT support, making it an excellent option for business users and professionals who don’t have the need or the resources to manage a corporate email server. Together, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone and BlackBerry Internet Service offer a complete solution for a customer’s on-the-go communication needs.

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone also delivers excellent voice quality and includes many premium phone features as well as a built-in organizer (with calendar, address book, task list and memo pad applications) that can easily import contacts from popular desktop organizer applications.

Customers can subscribe to BlackBerry Internet Service for a monthly charge of KRW24,000*, which includes 30MB of data.

To celebrate the launch of BlackBerry Internet Service, SK Telecom will offer new subscribers one year of premium access, via an upgrade, to “Daum” – one of the most popular local ISP email services in Korea. The first 1,000 customers will also get an additional free replaceable backplate in a color of their own choosing, a value of KRW 30,000.

“We continue to see great potential for mobile email use in Korea.  According to IDC, mobile email subscribers in Korea are expected to quadruple from 4.7 million users in 2009 to 18.7 million in 2013**,” said Chang-Suk Shin, Senior Vice President of Business Service & Innovation Office, SK Telecom.  “We are glad to introduce BlackBerry Internet Service to our customers in Korea.  This service is the right solution for business customers and professionals who want a smartphone that keeps them well connected to people and information on the go, and provides them with an exceptional mobile experience.”

“The introduction of BlackBerry Internet Service allows business customers and professionals in Korea to benefit from the flexibility and personal productivity gains of the BlackBerry solution and we are pleased to launch it with the powerful BlackBerry Bold smartphone,” added Shin.

According to research findings from Ipsos-Reid, a leading global research firm, a typical BlackBerry user can recover up to 60 minutes of time during their day and increase their efficiency by up to 38%.

“The BlackBerry solution is recognized around the world as the gold standard for mobile communications. We have sold over 50 million BlackBerry smartphones and the BlackBerry solution is widely viewed as a trusted and reliable solution for individuals, government organizations and businesses, including most Fortune 500 companies,” said Norm Lo, Vice President of Asia Pacific at RIM.  “We are pleased to now bring BlackBerry Internet Service, a best-in-class push-based mobile solution for both individuals and organizations, to SK Telecom’s customers in Korea.”

For further details, please visit www.mysmart.co.kr/blackberry or contact SK Telecom’s authorized retail channels.

* Other monthly data plans are also available.

** Source:  IDC Asia/Pacific Mobile Voice, Data and Multimedia Services Tracker, 2008 Q4

High Road Sports, Inc., the owner of Team Columbia-Highroad and HTC Corporation, a designer of mobile phones, today announced a three-year sponsorship agreement that prominently places the HTC brand at the starting line of the 2009 Tour de France on July 4 in Monaco.

“High Road Sports is elated to be partnering with HTC, a recognized leader and growing global brand in mobile phones,” said Bob Stapleton, Owner, Team Columbia-HTC. “Team Columbia-HTC is now sponsored by two leading companies in their related industries and we are ready to show the growing power of our partnership at this years Tour de France.

The team currently called Columbia-Highroad, and known in 2008 and 2009 as the team with the most victories in professional cycling, will compete as “Team Columbia-HTC” and will present the new team uniform in Monaco on July 3, the day before the start of the 96th Tour de France.

“The HTC High Road Sports partnership is a great match of like minded organizations driven by innovation, excellence and competitiveness and we are excited about the opportunity to communicate HTCs brand value through the great sport of cycling,” said Peter Chou, chief executive officer, HTC Corporation. “HTCs sponsorship of Team Columbia-HTC is one step in HTCs commitment to increasing its global brand value and recognition.”

Recognized in Business Weeks 2009 InfoTech 100 as the 13th best-performing tech company in the world, HTC focuses on putting people at the centre by making their phones work in a more simple and natural way. This drives HTCs choice of partners, product creations and platforms.  HTCs global team of designers, researchers and engineers quietly listen and observe people with their phones and in life so they can better understand and anticipate peoples needs to create a more personalized experience.  This is central to HTCs culture, spanning across its more than 9,000 employees worldwide.

The three-year sponsorship agreement runs through 2011 and includes both the mens and womens professional cycling teams, which are top ranked worldwide and have won over 80 races combined in 2009 – the most wins of any competing team.

LG Electronics (LG) , a global leader and technology innovator in mobile communications, has won the iF Communication Design Award 2009 for the 3D S-Class User Interface featured on its latest handset, LG ARENA (LG-KM900). LG ARENA was awarded Gold in the Product Interfaces category, which includes all graphic user interfaces.

The iF Design Communication Award is given to innovative products which succeed especially well in combining functionality with convenience and esthetics. The iF Gold Award honors the best product in each category which have already been honored with an iF Design Award. The top thirty iF Gold Award winners were chosen from a total of 1,368 entries this year. LG ARENA is the first to be awarded Gold in the Product Interfaces category, a newly created division of the iF Communication Design Award. This award proves that the S-Class UI  is user-friendly in operation and superior in design.

“Through recognition from this prestigious organization, LG has once again proven its design expertise and innovation not only in physical appearance but also in user interface,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “LG will continue to lead with products that enhance the user experience.”

The ARENA, LG’s flagship multimedia handset sold 500,000 units in the three months after its launch in Europe. Much of this attention has been centered on LG’s 3D S-Class User Interface, which greatly simplifies navigation and makes multimedia features easier to use. By applying 3D effects and transitions, virtual elements look and act more like real, physical objects. Essentially, the S-Class UI acts as one would expect it to, making operation highly intuitive and reducing the learning curve for the user.

LG has made the 3D S-Class UI standard on its high-end handsets, expanding it to the Viewty Smart (LG-GC900), LG-GM730 and LG-GD900 Crystal. Each of these phones is designed to fit different needs and the interface is tailored to help users get the most out of each handset.

The Viewty Smart runs the S-Class UI with modifications that make it ideal for a camera phone, including intuitive multi-touch commands for zooming in and out, one-touch mode selection for stills and video, and even an  Intelligent Shot Mode Indicator that shows exactly how the phone is analyzing the scene. The version of LG’s S-Class UI in the LG-GM730 is designed to work seamlessly with the latest version of Windows Mobile, thus making this smartphone easier to use while still delivering the advanced, familiar features. The S-Class UI in the world’s first transparent phone, the LG-GD900 Crystal, responds to commands on the phone’s full touchscreen as well as its transparent, touch sensitive Crystal Touchpad.

To give customers an opportunity to experience all the benefits of the S-Class UI firsthand, LG launched a global promotional campaign, which allows customers to try S-Class on their PCs. At LG’s website, visitors can download a desktop widget and 3D screen saver, as well as play 3D games. LG’s widget demonstrates how the interface works and offers the same experience as an  S-Class equipped phone by duplicating the functionality of the UI. The downloadable screensaver is based on the S-Class UI’s cube layout theme and it is customizable with a variety of animated clocks that include moving and spinning 3D cubes. There are also numerous prizes available to participants. For more information, please visit http://sclassui.lgmobile.com.

A recent research study commissioned by Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) found over seven in ten surveyed Information Technology (IT) decision-makers in the manufacturing industry looking to leverage mobile and wireless solutions to streamline operations. The study found manufacturers with mobility applications saved a daily average of 42 minutes per employee.

The Motorola Enterprise Mobility Manufacturing Barometer surveyed manufacturing IT decision makers in 14 countries across four continents, of whom 80 percent cited that mobility was more important for their organizations today than in 2008. This represents a nine percent increase from previous research, indicating that enterprise mobility applications continue to grow in importance as manufacturers look to boost operational efficiencies and increase productivity in the current macro-economic climate.

Over one-quarter of those surveyed identified inventory/materials management and sales force applications as their organization’s top drivers for continued mobility investments. Key application investment on the shop floor was driven by inventory management, materials management, and process-oriented applications such as work-in-progress (WIP) tracking, human machine interface (HMI)/operator interface applications and quality control/quality assurance. The study also identified the rising demand for sales force and field service applications, with nearly 29 percent of surveyed enterprises using field service applications citing an increase in business revenues/sales results and 25 percent reporting an increase in customer/partner satisfaction. From a geographical perspective, all regions agreed that inventory management was a key mobile application for the manufacturing industry, while Asia Pacific highlighted the importance of customer-facing applications and the Americas and Europe touted sales force applications. In summary, manufacturers investing and leveraging wireless infrastructure and industry-specific devices see higher productivity for all workers, increased velocity of investment in raw materials and an increase in the accuracy and relevance of the real-time data they need to make better business decisions.

“With more than 60 percent of the surveyed manufacturing IT decision makers stating that their organization currently has a mobility strategy, it is clear that mobility is no longer viewed by manufacturing IT executives as the vision of the future but strategically important today,” said Jim Hilton, senior director, Global Manufacturing Solutions for Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions. “In fact, more than one-half of those surveyed cited a competitive advantage through the use of mobile and wireless technologies to empower their shop-floor and field-mobility workforce to take advantage of opportunities in the marketplace.”

Respondents to the Motorola Enterprise Mobility Manufacturing Barometer also provided insights into future mobility trends. Manufacturers plan to increase the use of voice-over-WLAN (VoWLAN), fixed mobile convergence (FMC) and various asset management/asset maintenance solutions over the next 12 to 24 months. The study also found strong interest in rich media and video conferencing applications that allow manufacturers to realize additional efficiencies and increase workforce productivity. Respondents also indicated plans to expand the use of wireless LAN and wireless sensing technologies within both process and discrete manufacturing environments, allowing manufacturers to achieve process automation, efficiency, and agility without additional wired networking infrastructure investments. Sales force applications lead the plans for new installations and upgrades in the Americas, while inventory management has the highest planned growth rate in Europe and streaming media and customer-facing applications are viewed equally important for the next wave of mobility in the manufacturing sector in Asia-Pacific.

Surveyed manufacturing IT decision makers cited total cost of ownership (TCO), return on investment (ROI) and internal rate of return (IRR) as the main tools to justify their organization’s mobility investments. In fact, more than 50 percent of surveyed enterprises utilizing an ROI analysis indicated they expect a return within 15 months of their initial investment.

PPG Industries, the world’s leading coatings and specialty products and services company, has been at the forefront of manufacturing mobility technologies and applications. The company is leveraging Motorola’s private commercial radios for improved plant communications and security, while also empowering workers with Motorola’s MC9000 rugged handheld mobile computers for mobile human-machine interface (HMI) and asset management, helping improve operational efficiencies and increase worker productivity.

“We have garnered significant savings from utilizing wireless technology for measurement and point-to-point applications between systems,” said Rob Brooks, process control supervisor, PPG Industries. “And, although we are just in the infancy of enabling the mobile operator and technician in our facility, the potential benefits in efficiency, safety and environment are huge.“

About the Survey
Motorola conducted an independent research study to measure attitudinal and behavioral decision making of IT executives in key manufacturing industries, such as aerospace/defense and automotive, consumer packaged goods (including food and beverage), oil/gas and chemicals, high-tech, life science/medical as well as industrial and heavy equipment. More than 3,400 IT decision makers across 14 countries participated in this market research study through participation with research partners Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) and e-Rewards. TNS is a leading research and insight consultancy operating in over 70 countries worldwide. e-Rewards, Inc. is the largest “by-invitation-only” online research panel, serving over 750 research firms. The survey was designed to provide a benchmark measurement of the overall perception and usage of mobile and wireless technology solutions across a multitude of commercial and public industries.

About Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and is focused on advancing the way the world connects. From broadband communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and governments to be more connected and more mobile. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) had sales of US $30.1 billion in 2008. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com.

Opera has signed an agreement with TeliaSonera International Carrier to provide Opera with colocation in establishing a new data center in Poland. As Opera’s fourth data center worldwide, the facility will operate as the server hub for Opera Mini, allowing the mobile browser to expand its network in Europe. By relieving other servers of the processing responsibilities, Opera’s Poland-based servers will enable significantly faster page downloads for users.

“In order to keep up with Opera Mini’s rapid growth rate, we needed to open a new hosting center in Europe,” said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. “Having this new data center as part of our global network services will enable us to bring Opera Mini to even more users. It will considerably improve our capacity to deliver the Internet on any device, anytime, anywhere.”

Poland was chosen as the location for the data center due to its geographical advantages. In countries such as Poland, Russia and Ukraine, Opera Mini penetration is at its highest. By placing servers in close proximity to such a large customer base, Opera is better able to deliver a high-speed, mobile-Internet experience. Eventually, all customers in Central and Eastern Europe will be connected through Opera’s Polish servers, as traffic will gradually be redirected to optimize browsing speeds.

“By working together, Opera’s new server park in our site enables faster browsing by improving latency for customers,” said Peter Arke, Vice President and Head of Wholesale Sales Norway, Denmark, Finland&Baltics TeliaSonera International Carrier. “Our goal is to ensure ease of communication, and by working with Opera, we are committing more resources to European mobile customers who want a better and faster way to access online content on-the-go.”

About TeliaSonera International Carrier
TeliaSonera International Carrier is a global provider of cross-border communication services. Through intelligent use of our wholly-owned network and high-quality technology, we deliver a wide range of IP, capacity and voice services. We also provide the media, education and online gaming industries with services tailored to their specific needs. We own and operate more than 43,000 kilometers (27,000 miles) of fiber network, which covers more than 100 points of presence in 35 countries across Europe, the US and Asia. We are a leading global IP provider and the number one carrier in Europe.

For more information, visit www.teliasoneraic.com.

T-Mobile, USA, Inc. announced today the debut of Green Perks, a new mobile application that offers exclusive discounts on environmentally conscious products and services. Available for download to many current T-Mobile handsets, the free-of-charge* application brings customers green-oriented offers and promotions from T-Mobile Green Perks partners including Method, Jamba Juice, Volcom, Roxy and Quiksilver. The new promotional program is designed to reward consumers who make environmentally responsible purchasing decisions.

The opt-in Green Perks application delivers electronic coupons directly to customers’ phones, which can be redeemed manually at store point-of-sale systems. Green Perks is the latest program under T-Mobile’s recently launched Mobilize™ initiative, which encompasses multiple products and services designed to help consumers who want to make more eco-friendly choices in their daily lives.

“With mobile phones at the center of so many consumers’ lives, T-Mobile is continually exploring fun, useful tools and applications that enhance the lives of our customers,” said Ryan Butz, director, Customer Marketing, T-Mobile. “Green Perks is our latest offering for customers who are concerned about managing and reducing their environmental impact. It builds on the work we are doing with the recent launch of the Moto W233 Renew phone, and our Green Account, which makes it easy for customers to reduce paper associated with their T-Mobile service.

T-Mobile’s Green Perks Web portal allows partner companies to quickly and easily create coupons and promotions that consumers can access via the T-Mobile Green Perks application. Partner brands have control over offer timing and other details, but the offering must qualify as eco-friendly to be listed. Participating partners were hand-selected to take part in the program because they have product offerings that fit within the sustainable category.

T-Mobile is working with large national retailers to create even more exclusive offers for 2009 back-to-school and holiday seasons.

Mobilize is a T-Mobile initiative developed to encourage each member of the T-Mobile family to do his or her part for the environment. It is a recognition that doing little things, when we work together, can add up to big change.

T-Mobile subscribers can download the Green Perks application by going to http://www.t-mobile.com/mobilize

* Data plan required to receive coupons.

Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced Motorola^® Clutch^TM i465 will be available this summer, in all Sprint sales channels, including Sprint stores, www.sprint.com/nexteldirectconnect and 1-800-Nextel-9 for $39.99 with a new two-year service agreement, $20 instant rebate and $50 mail-in rebate (excluding taxes).

Customers can register for more information about availability for Motorola Clutch i465 at www.sprint.com/clutch.

Motorola Clutch i465, fueled by the Nextel National Network, is a rugged device in a slender candy bar form factor, and the first Nextel Direct Connect^® messaging-centric device that brings the strength of a full QWERTY keyboard to the iDEN line. Motorola Clutch i465 also offers Group Messaging, which lets customers create groups of up to 20 people to send messages to at the same time.

“Sprint Nextel Direct Connect customers are used to the immediate communications offered by push-to-talk devices, but Motorola Clutch i465 with a QWERTY keyboard gives those customers a better way to instantly communicate with friends, family and colleagues,” said Danny Bowman, president of Sprint’s iDEN Business Unit. “By combining Nextel Direct Connect with text messaging, Sprint customers have two of the most efficient ways to get business done wirelessly.”

According to a study commissioned by Sprint, the number of texters in the 50-64 year-old range has grown by more than 50 percent since 2006, mostly driven by parents who have adopted texting to stay connected to their children. In that demographic, 75 percent of text messages are sent to the user’s children. People under 30 are four times more likely to respond within a few minutes to a text than to voicemail.¹

“Motorola Clutch was designed to give serious texters and talkers multiple ways to get the word out,” said Rick Gadd, vice president, Motorola Mobile Devices. “With a full QWERTY keyboard featuring shortcut keys, IM-style texting and push-to-talk technology which works like a verbal IM, Sprint customers are able to keep in constant contact, no matter how they prefer to communicate.”

Motorola Clutch i465 is an attractive utility device that meets Military Specification 810F for low pressure, high and low temperatures, dust, shock, vibration and solar radiation. It is also Java-enabled, comes with a digital still and video camera, and supports GPS, Bluetooth^® and third-party applications.

“During these cost-cutting times, Motorola Clutch i465 is a dependable and durable handset perfect for those who require a messaging handset at a good price,” Bowman said. “Nextel Direct Connect customers recognize the value of instant communications in the form of push-to-talk offers, and mobile messaging extends the ability of our customers to reach the people they need to when time matters most.”

Nextel Direct Connect services help families and friends stay connected and they are often depended upon by businesses and first responders who need to get things done fast, and includes one-to-one push-to-talk communication in less than one second with millions of other Nextel Direct Connect subscribers, available nationwide from coast-to-coast. With more than 16 years of expertise, Sprint is the undisputed leader in push-to-talk services. Nextel Direct Connect^® has set the industry standard for push-to-talk worldwide, and serves the world’s largest push-to-talk community with millions of Nextel Direct Connect subscribers on the fastest national push-to-talk network.

With Nextel Direct Connect Custom Plans, the focus is on the key services used most by workgroups, which are bundled with unlimited usage, at a low flat monthly rate. Specifically, businesses can choose from the following Nextel Direct Connect Custom Plans:

• Unlimited Workgroup Communications – with unlimited Direct Connect and Group Connect^® plus unlimited text messaging, mobile-to-mobile minutes and night and weekend minutes starting at 9 p.m.
  • $29.99 per month per line (excluding taxes and Sprint surcharges)
• Web & Navigation – includes the above features, plus unlimited data, Web browsing and GPS navigation
  • $39.99 per month per line for Nextel phones (excluding taxes and Sprint surcharges)
  • $49.99 per month per line for PowerSource and Nextel Direct Connect capable Sprint phones (excluding taxes and Sprint surcharges)
• Pooled voice minutes can be added to either plan for the group to share
  • 500 minutes for $30 per month per line (excluding taxes and Sprint surcharges)
  • Or 2,000 minutes for $100 per month per line (excluding taxes and Sprint surcharges)

For more details on the Nextel Direct Custom plans, visit www.sprint.com/nexteldirectconnect.

Additionally, Sprint offers affordable Everything Messaging plans that let customers – particularly the growing numbers who are new to texting – take advantage of the Motorola Clutch i465 messaging features at a great value. These plans start at just $49.99 per month for 450 anytime minutes and include unlimited Nextel Direct Connect, unlimited night and weekend minutes starting at 7 p.m., unlimited mobile-to-mobile minutes, plus unlimited text and picture messaging (excludes taxes and Sprint surcharges). This plan provides a savings of $180 (savings based on additional $5 per month charge for push-to-talk service from AT&T and Verizon) per year vs. comparable AT&T and Verizon plans.²

Everything Data plans are also a great value, starting at just $69.99 per month for 450 minutes of talk time, unlimited Direct Connect and unlimited data, including texting, email, Web browsing and GPS. Unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling to other Sprint customers and free nights & weekends starting at 7 p.m. are also included in these affordable plans (excludes taxes and Sprint surcharges).

Families can also take advantage of unlimited messaging on Motorola Clutch i465 with Sprint’s Everything Messaging Family plans. At an annual savings of $240 vs. comparable Verizon and AT&T plans, these plans start at $99.99 per month, allowing two customers to share 1,500 minutes, including free nights starting at 7 p.m. and weekends, unlimited texting and picture sharing. Unlimited Nextel Direct Connect can be added for only $5 per line per month (excludes taxes and Sprint surcharges).³

For customers who need unlimited voice, messaging, Nextel Direct Connect and data, including email, Web browsing, social networking and GPS navigation, Sprint offers the Simply Everything^SM plan for just $99.99. That’s a savings of more than $1,200 over two years vs. AT&T’s comparable plan for the iPhone.⁴

About Nextel Direct Connect

With more than 15 years of expertise, Sprint is the undisputed leader in push-to-talk with the largest community of users in the world. Nextel Direct Connect has set the industry standard for push-to-talk and serves millions of Nextel Direct Connect subscribers on the fastest national push-to-talk network.

Nextel Direct Connect is the only push-to-talk product in the industry that offers:

• Industry-leading performance with the advantage of instant connection (call set-up times of less than one second)
• Connection to the world’s largest community of users, with millions of existing Nextel Direct Connect subscribers
• Nationwide and international push-to-talk services
• The largest portfolio of push-to-talk phones, including the largest selection of rugged phones
• Integrated business solutions, including the largest selection of GPS-solutions

For more information about Nextel Direct Connect, visit www.sprint.com/nexteldirectconnect.

ABOUT SPRINT NEXTEL

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two wireless networks serving more than 49 million customers at the end of the first quarter of 2009; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. For more information, visit www.sprint.com.

¹ Sprint Oct. 2008 telephone survey of 2,010 people.

² Savings based on 450-minute options for Verizon Nationwide Select with Unlimited Push to Talk and AT&T Nation Talk & Text with Push to Talk Unlimited plans, based on published rate plans available on publication date.

³ Savings based on 1,500-minute option for two customers on AT&T FamilyTalk Talk & Text plan with Push to Talk Unlimited and Verizon Nationwide Select Family Share Plan with Unlimited Push to Talk, based on published rate plans available on publication date.

⁴ Savings based on publicly available information on base service plan and options rate totaling $149.99/month for AT&T as of publication date, excluding taxes, surcharges and fees.

The highly anticipated global 3G BlackBerry® Tour™ from Research In Motion (RIM) will hit Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on July 12. Verizon Wireless announced today that customers can pre-order the BlackBerry Tour for $199.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement online at www.verizonwireless.com/tour.

The BlackBerry Tour joins the BlackBerry® Storm™, BlackBerry® Curve™ 8330 (available in either silver or pink), BlackBerry® Pearl™ Flip 8230 and BlackBerry® 8830 World Edition smartphones in the Verizon Wireless portfolio. The BlackBerry Tour is a 3G world phone, giving customers the option to make phone calls in 220 countries and to access e-mail and Internet in any of the 175 countries where Verizon Wireless provides data roaming services. It is also packed with features customers expect from industry leaders, including RIM’s popular push-based mobile solution for e-mail; messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and social networking; a 3.2 megapixel camera with geo-tagging and video recording; advanced multimedia capabilities; built-in GPS; full HTML Web browsing; and support for Verizon Wireless’ Mobile Broadband Connect tethering service. It supports Verizon Wireless’ V CAST Music with Rhapsody and VZ Navigator(SM) services. BlackBerry Enterprise customers will find the stylish BlackBerry Tour has all the BlackBerry security profiles that make this an efficient business tool. A model of the BlackBerry Tour without a camera will also be available.

Customers can purchase either the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition Smartphone or the BlackBerry Curve 8330 for $49.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement for a voice plan with e-mail feature or an e-mail plan. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 and BlackBerry Storm 9530 are available for $79.99 and $149.99 respectively after $70 mail-in rebates with new two-year customer agreements for a voice plan with e-mail feature or an e-mail plan. Customers receive rebates in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.

Email and Web for BlackBerry plans begin at $29.99 when added to any Nationwide voice plan. For information on Verizon Wireless’ voice and data plans for BlackBerry smartphones, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com. Business customers may contact their Business Sales Representatives at 1-800-VZW-4BIZ.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most reliable and largest wireless voice and data network, serving more than 86.6 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 86,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

The BlackBerry, Research In Motion and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. RIM, Research In Motion and BlackBerry are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be pending or registered in other countries. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. RIM assumes no obligations or liability and makes no representation, warranty, endorsement or guarantee in relation to any aspect of any third party products or services.

In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for customers during Taste of Chicago, scheduled for June 26-July 5, Verizon Wireless will beef up its network capacity by deploying a temporary mobile cell site known as a COLT (Cell on Light Truck).

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to make the pilgrimage to Grant Park for the 10-day festival. At its peak, during the July 3rd fireworks, the Verizon Wireless network is expected to handle twice the number of wireless calls, compared to a typical day. The COLT deployment will enhance wireless capacity, enabling more customers to use their wireless phones concurrently to make calls, send and receive text and picture messages, and download games and ringtones.

“The COLT strengthens an already robust Verizon Wireless network in Chicago and is equivalent to the highest capacity stationary site presently in Illinois, with the ability to process thousands of calls every hour,” said T.J. Fox, president-Illinois/Wisconsin Region, Verizon Wireless.

Other Quick Facts on the Verizon Wireless COLT

• Each 25,000-pound COLT features two retractable masts, a microwave antenna to link network components, an emergency power generator and a small office.
• The COLTs are also fully equipped with resources needed during emergencies including equipment, fuel, electrical generators, food, water and cots.

The temporary cell site is part of Verizon Wireless’ continuous effort to expand coverage, increase capacity and enhance the quality of its wireless voice and data network in Illinois and throughout the country. Verizon Wireless has invested more than $50 billion since it was formed—$5.5 billion on average every year—to increase the coverage and capacity of its premier nationwide network and to add new services. Of this investment, $1.2 billion was spent in Illinois, including more than $179.5 million in 2008.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most reliable and largest wireless voice and data network, serving more than 86.6 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 86,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

The Nokia Music Store is now available in Poland. On Music.nokia.pl music fans can buy their favourite tracks and albums from the Nokia Music Store, choosing from over 4.5 million tracks (about 400 000 CDs) by Polish and international artists representing all music genres. The music is provided by major and independent labels, and includes a special exclusive offer to buy Moby’s latest album, or download David Guetta’s “When love takes over” music single, before they are widely available.

Nokia Music Store is an online, easy-to-navigate music store that lets you browse and buy music, using recommendations and searching your favourite artists, tracks, or albums directly. Use the Internet connectivity in your phone, log on to Music.nokia.pl (or click to the Nokia Music Store’s icon in your mobile) and enjoy access to the entire NMS music collection. The Nokia Music PC software helps you organise and transfer music between your PC and a compatible device, but also discover, play and download music directly from Nokia Music Store. The Nokia Music for PC is available at Nokia Music Store, on http://europe.nokia.com/get-support-and-software/download-software/nokia-music-old/download and on CDs provided with Nokia mobile devices.

Music at Nokia Music Store can be bought with credit cards and pre-paid vouchers. A single track costs PLN 3.49 and an entire album costs PLN 34.9. Store users can listen to a 30-second clip before buying any track.