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September 20, 2004

Vodafone Launches BlackBerry Internet Service In Australia

Waterloo, ON - Vodafone Australia and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched BlackBerry Internet Service™ in Australia, providing individuals and businesses of all sizes with the leading mobile solution for staying connected to people and information.

BlackBerry® is already very popular with enterprise customers in Australia and enables impressive productivity gains. With BlackBerry Internet Service from Vodafone, personal users, SOHOs (small-office-home-office) and SMEs (small-to-medium enterprises) in Australia can now also eliminate 'dead time' during the working day by managing their email whenever they want and wherever they want.

The ideal solution for employees to manage communications on the move, BlackBerry from Vodafone combines wireless email, mobile phone, text messaging, synchronized organizer tools and mobile Internet browsing into one sleek, pocket-sized device. The BlackBerry 'push' architecture enables email to be automatically pushed to the mobile device and also allows users to read and forward email attachments (including support for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Acrobat PDF documents).

Ian Scherger, Chief Marketing Officer, Vodafone Australia said, "For the past six months, BlackBerry has been the hottest mobile tool for larger businesses all over the world, but with the new BlackBerry Internet Service, personal users and small businesses will also be able to go totally mobile increasing their productivity and efficiency."

"Capitalizing on the success of Vodafone Live! and Vodafone Mobile Connect, BlackBerry from Vodafone also features our simple, Vodafone-branded user interface for clean navigation and users can roam in 18 different countries around the world," Ian concludes.

Vodafone is one of the largest providers of BlackBerry worldwide.

About Vodafone

Vodafone Group Plc is a leading mobile communications company - 25 per cent of the world's mobile phone users are connected to Vodafone. Vodafone has equity interests in 26 countries, and partner networks in a further 13 countries - leaving an unmatched network footprint. The company provides quality services to 2.5 million Australian customers. Vodafone has more than 139.2 million proportionate customers worldwide.

About Research In Motion (RIM)

Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

The BlackBerry 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. Vodafone is a trademark of the Vodafone Group. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners.

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