Press Release

May 29, 2007

Fastlink and RIM Introduce BlackBerry Pearl in Jordan

Amman, Jordan and Waterloo, ON - Fastlink, part of the Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® Pearl™ smartphone in Jordan.

The BlackBerry Pearl enables users to access the proven and popular BlackBerry wireless services with support for email, phone, Internet, text messaging, organiser and corporate data applications. The BlackBerry Pearl also includes a digital camera, a media player and an expandable memory for additional storage.

Fastlink also announced today that it is now offering BlackBerry® Internet Service for individual customers. The announcement comes following the successful provision of BlackBerry services to its corporate clients with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server.

The company formally introduced the BlackBerry solution in Jordan for the first time in February 2007. The offering was launched in cooperation with RIM, the Canadian company behind the BlackBerry solution, and Emitac Mobile Solutions (EMS), a Dubai-based mobile solutions and service provider. In February, Fastlink received a RIM Award of Excellence for its speed and skill in implementing the BlackBerry solution in Jordan. The award was presented to Fastlink's CEO Saad Nasir during the 3GSM World Congress 2007 in Barcelona.

Fastlink's CEO, Saad Nasir, said: “The local market is witnessing an unprecedented investment boom, creating the need for technological solutions to meet the challenges of the competitive business environment and life's fast pace”. Such changes said Nasir “prompted Fastlink to launch the BlackBerry solution in the Jordanian market extremely quickly, for which it received an RIM Award of Excellence."

Nasir also added “the BlackBerry solution can help boost companies' competitiveness by increasing the efficiency and productivity of users, and positively influencing the level of customer service that can be offered by companies to their customers”.

"The BlackBerry solution gives users fast and easy access to the people and information they need on the move, making them more productive and successful in both their personal and professional life,” said Charmaine Eggberry, Managing Director and Vice President, RIM, EMEA.

The BlackBerry solution is currently available in four Arab countries including Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. The world-renowned technology is aimed at companies and mobile professionals whose jobs require them to stay connected with their clients, colleagues and office while on the go.

For corporate customers the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which tightly integrates with IBM Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft® Exchange and Novell® GroupWise® and works with existing enterprise systems to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data.

For individuals and smaller businesses, the BlackBerry Internet Service offering enables users to manage up to ten supported corporate and personal email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts, from a single device.

About Fastlink

Jordan Mobile Telephone Services Company Ltd. “Fastlink”, founded in 1995, was the first operator to introduce mobile phone services into Jordan. In just a few years, the company earned its reputation as the most progressive telecom operator in the region in terms of competitiveness and readiness to adopt new technologies and deploy cutting-edge services. Since its inception, Fastlink has tallied subscriber growth at an exponential rate, with the number of users currently exceeding 2 million subscribers. Through more than 1,700 cell sites, Fastlink covers the entire populated area of the Kingdom. In January 2003, Mobile Telecommunications Company K.S.C. (MTC) acquired Fastlink in what was considered the largest single acquisition in the Middle East area, and the largest private sector investment in Jordan.

For more information, please visit our site, www.fastlink.jo

About MTC Group

MTC is the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East and now a major player on the African continent. We began life in 1983 in Kuwait as the region’s first mobile operator, and since the initiation of our “3x3x3” expansion strategy in 2002, we have expanded rapidly.

As a leading mobile and data services operator in 6 Middle Eastern and 14 sub-Saharan African countries with 9000 employees, we  provide a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 21 million individual and business customers.

We operate in Kuwait and Bahrain as mtc-vodafone, in Jordan as Fastlink, in Iraq as mtc atheer, in Lebanon as mtc touch, in Sudan as Mobitel and in 14 sub-Saharan countries in Africa as Celtel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda,  Zambia and Nigeria.

Listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (Code; Tele), MTC’s market capitalization exceeded US$ 12 billion as of August 1st 2006.  For more visit: www.mtctelecom.com

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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