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June 23, 2004

BlackBerry to Support Novell GroupWise

Novell GroupWise Support Planned for BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.0

Waterloo, Ontario - As Novell customers gather this week at the GroupWise Advisor Summit in The Netherlands, Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) announced plans to introduce Novell GroupWise support to BlackBerry Enterprise Server™. Expanding the global market for RIM and its partners and delivering the popular BlackBerry® experience to Novell GroupWise customers, support for Novell GroupWise v6.5 is expected to coincide with the release of BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.0 later this year.

"BlackBerry is the leading wireless platform for enterprise customers and we are very pleased to expand the enterprise market opportunity to include the millions of GroupWise users that represent roughly 12% of the market today," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. "Addressing Novell's significant presence in the marketplace, particularly in government, legal and healthcare sectors, BlackBerry will provide GroupWise users with the productivity and freedom of wireless connectivity while IT departments will be able to leverage the security, reliability, manageability and scalability of the BlackBerry platform."

"We are working with RIM to tightly integrate the BlackBerry wireless platform with our systems," said Chris Stone, Novell Vice Chairman - Office of the CEO. "With the integration of Novell GroupWise and BlackBerry Enterprise Server, GroupWise customers will have the opportunity to experience even greater email access to wireless environments, making their investments in collaboration solutions even more valuable and enabling them to remain connected and do business wherever they may be."

BlackBerry is an award-winning wireless platform that helps users stay connected to people and information. BlackBerry integrates hardware, software and service, providing an end-to-end wireless solution. BlackBerry Enterprise Server works with existing enterprise systems to enable secure, push-based, wireless access to email and other corporate data.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server also incorporates a feature called Mobile Data Service, which is uniquely designed to provide ISVs and in-house corporate developers with an environment that supports corporate data access and interaction capabilities beyond email. With BlackBerry Mobile Data Service, Novell GroupWise customers will be able to leverage the BlackBerry architecture and security model to deploy reliable, secure, end-to-end applications without any additional infrastructure to learn or support.

BlackBerry is the industry leading solution for secure wireless email and data access in corporate and government environments. With BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.0, BlackBerry will also offer additional security features though full support of AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) and content protection on the handheld with local data encryption.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Novell GroupWise is expected to be commercially available later this year. Further details regarding product specifications and general availability will follow at a later date. Customers interested in receiving BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.0 updates can visit www.blackberry.com/go/serverupdate.

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.

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