Press Release

February 25, 2008

EMS, Orange and RIM Introduce the BlackBerry Solution In Botswana

Gaborone, Botswana and Waterloo, ON - Orange Botswana, Emitac Mobile Solutions (EMS),and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® solution in Botswana. The BlackBerry solution brings together smartphones, software and services to allow easy wireless access to email, phone, calendar, web, multimedia and other business and lifestyle applications. Orange customers in Botswana will now be able to enjoy the freedom and productivity benefits of using BlackBerry® smartphones to stay connected to people and information on the go.

“Users want and need a consistent and complete wireless solution that delivers a great user experience,” said Babar Khan CEO of Emitac Mobile Solution (EMS), RIM's strategic channel partner in the region. “EMS is pleased to work closely with Orange Botswana to provide its customers a true enterprise mobility solution. EMS will continue to support Orange Botswana to enhance their portfolio of BlackBerry products and services."

Charmaine Eggberry, Vice President and Managing Director EMEA at RIM added, “It is with great pleasure that RIM has worked with EMS and Orange to introduce the BlackBerry solution in Botswana.  BlackBerry smartphones are the right choice for people who want to stay connected to colleagues, friends and family, as well as a growing range of business and personal information, while they are on the move.”

“We are happy to announce and launch the Blackberry solution today. Now our customers can have the freedom and flexibility to stay connected from virtually anywhere in Botswana,” said Karabo Tlhabiwe, Orange’s Public Relations Manager.

At launch, Orange will offer the BlackBerry® 8700g and BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8100 smartphones. The BlackBerry 8700g is a dynamic smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard. The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 is a great choice for users who want the power of a BlackBerry smartphone together with advanced multimedia capabilities in a small, stylish handset. 

The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 smartphone features include:
• Phone, email, text messaging (SMS and MMS), browser, instant messaging and organizer applications
• Camera with built-in flash and 5x digital zoom
• Media player with audio and video playback in a variety of formats
• Speakerphone and Voice Activated Dialling
• Trackball navigation system
• Innovative SureType® keyboard system
• Bluetooth headset, hands-free and serial port profiles supported
• High resolution LCD display with light sensing technology
• Polyphonic, MP3 and MIDI ringtones
• Expandable memory via microSD card
• Exceptional battery performance
• Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) GSM/GPRS and EDGE network support
The BlackBerry 8700g smartphone:
• Phone, email, SMS, browser and organizer applications
• Trackball navigation system
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Bluetooth hands-free headset and car kit support
• High resolution LCD display with light sensing technology
• Polyphonic and MP3 ringtones
• 64MB of memory for application and data storage
• Exceptional battery performance
• Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) GSM/GPRS and EDGE network support

Orange Botswana is offering BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for corporate customers and BlackBerry® Internet Service for smaller businesses and individual users: 

BlackBerry Enterprise Server is targeted specifically for organisations that manage their own email servers. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server software tightly integrates with IBM® Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft® Exchange and Novell® GroupWise® and uses advanced encryption and IT policy controls to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data.

BlackBerry Internet Service is designed for smaller businesses and individuals. It allows customers to access up to 10 supported corporate and personal email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts such as, Yahoo! Mail and Google Mail) from a single device.

About EMS
Emitac Mobile Solutions (EMS) is a Dubai based solutions and service provider and RIM strategic channel partner focused on the delivery, implementation and support of BlackBerry® Solutions. Delivered by an experienced team of mobile professionals, EMS provides the mobile operator with sales, marketing, distribution, solution implementation and technical support services for the BlackBerry wireless platform from Research In Motion (RIM). For organizations using the BlackBerry wireless platform, EMS provides the ability to rapidly create, deploy and manage robust client-server wireless applications that reduce an organization's total cost of ownership and significantly increases the value of their mobile technology investment.  EMS is the region’s first Mobile Virtual Solutions Provider (MVSP) whose services are delivered through partnerships the company has with mobile operators in the Gulf, North Africa and Eastern Europe. For more information about EMS please visit the Company website at http://www.emsmobile.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

About Orange Botswana
Orange Botswana is a leading mobile operator and provider of telecommunication services in Botswana serving more than half a million customers countrywide on a GSM/GPRS/EDGE network. The company recently embarked on the NExT program (New Experience in Telecommunications) and is transforming from an exclusively mobile company into an integrated operator.

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