Reliance Communications (RCom) and Research in Motion (RIM) have announced the launch of the innovative BlackBerry wireless solutions for the first time on CDMA network in India.

Norm Lo, Vice-President - Asia-Pacific, RIM, said, “BlackBerry smartphones are designed to provide people with the best integrated mobile experience for email, phone, web browsing and other corporate and personal applications. RIM is very pleased to be working with RCom to further drive the adoption of BlackBerry smartphones and mobile applications in India.”

RCom is the first to launch BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone in India that allows interoperability between the CDMA and GSM network, delivers high Internet speed, and offers international roaming across the globe.

The BlackBerry 8830 features a full Qwerty keyboard, large bright display, intuitive trackball navigation system, a microSD expandable memory slot, and an advanced media player for listening to music, viewing pictures and watching videos. This smartphone also offer a range of solutions for enterprise and professionals, such as Internet based online trading, for the first time in India.

Prakash Bajpai, President, RCom, said, “As the first player to offer BlackBerry World Edition smartphone in India, we are confident that our network will offer a superior value proposition to professionals on the move. And for the first time in India, we are also launching BlackBerry service with applications such as internet based online trading and Blackberry on prepaid.”

In addition, Rcom has also announced that it has become the first CDMA provider in India to carry the Bloomberg Professional service on BlackBerry via Reliance Mobile.

With Bloomberg on BlackBerry, subscribers to the Bloomberg Professional service can receive and send Bloomberg e-mail and Bloomberg instant messages, view their customized Bloomberg data, news, analysis, charts, monitors, market updates and other Bloomberg services wirelessly 24 hours a day.

Meanwhile, Bloomberg service would be available on BlackBerry Pearl (Rs 24,990), BlackBerry 8703e (Rs 22,990), BlackBerry Curve (Rs 24,990), and BlackBerry 8830 World Edition (Rs 33,990).

The BlackBerry 8830 and 8703e handsets will be available in 16 cities to start with and will be expanded to other cities in phase II. The company has launched BlacBerry Pearl on its GSM network in a phase-wise manner starting with Indore.