Symbian and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced plans to provide a BlackBerry connectivity solution to carriers and Symbian OS licensees to enable wireless email and corporate data services on Symbian enabled cell phones. RIM has also joined Symbian's Platinum Partner Program and the companies have initiated technical and business development efforts.
"Mobile device manufacturers, carriers, end users and IT departments are recognizing the productivity benefits that can be gained from wireless access to corporate data and email," said David Levin, CEO, Symbian Ltd. "Our agreement with RIM will enable Symbian OS licensees to exploit the rich functionality of Symbian OS and to add integrated, push-based access to email and enterprise information enabled by the BlackBerry solution."
In a separate announcement today, RIM introduced its BlackBerry Connect licensing program that enables mobile device manufacturers to equip their handsets with the secure, push-based BlackBerry wireless data experience. With this licensing program and RIM's relationship with Symbian, Symbian OS licensees that participate in BlackBerry Connect will be able to easily integrate the BlackBerry experience on their devices.
Further details of the Symbian / RIM relationship were not disclosed at this time."
Posted to the site on 18th March 2003
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