From October 2006, T-Mobile will offer its customers the BlackBerry® Pearl™ from Research In Motion (RIM), a feature-rich smartphone incorporating best-in-class technology. Affordable prices – the BlackBerry e-mail push service BlackBerry® Webmail will be available from as little as €4.95 per month – along with multimedia features and stylish design mean that the BlackBerry Pearl will appeal to style-conscious consumers. The BlackBerry Pearl features a digital camera, media player and an expandable memory slot, all in a sleek, lightweight cell-phone model.

The smartphone supports EDGE networks (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) and features a powerful processor that enables fast web browsing, application performance and attachment viewing. EDGE offers bandwidths of up to four times the speed of ISDN and is already available on a large part of the T-Mobile network. T-Mobile offers the convenient “BlackBerry Webmail” e-mail push service from as little as €4.95 per month for all Relax XL rates; and for all other calling plans combined with a data option, this service will be available from as little as €9.95 per month.

Lightweight with extensive features
At approximately 89 grams and 107 x 50 x 14.5 millimeters, the BlackBerry Pearl’s lightweight and slim design will appeal to users who are always on the move and want all the powerful functionality at their fingertips. The BlackBerry Pearl’s 1.3 mega pixel camera delivers high-resolution photos and offers a five-fold digital zoom and flash. Its user-friendly, state-of-the-art cell phone technology means users can send photos easily via e-mail or MMS. Users can also link photos in the image telephone directory to call numbers for display when the contact is calling.

The BlackBerry Pearl can be used with T-Mobile’s web’n’walk to surf the Internet and access emails. Users can also listen to stereo-quality MP3 music files on the device, which also plays videos in MPEG4 format. Images, sounds and data are all supported by a 64-megabyte internal memory, and users also have the option of inserting a microSD card for additional memory.

The BlackBerry Pearl’s smartphone design offers the ultimate in phone functionality. It has an integrated hands-free system, offers short-dial and voice-dial functions, Bluetooth® 2.0 connectivity and support for conference calls. Innovative navigation features include a responsive trackball and the easy-to-use SureType™ QWERTZ keypad. The 240 x 260 pixel color display is ultra-bright and benefits from built-in light sensing technology, ensuring that menus, text, images, applications and web pages are displayed clearly at all times of the day.

Cost-efficient “BlackBerry Webmail” e-mail push service
The BlackBerry Pearl continues to provide the industry-leading BlackBerry experience. It receives real-time emails from up to ten different e-mail accounts with no manual call-ups or delay, and it opens and displays attachments easily. The BlackBerry® Webmail push email service is available from T-Mobile for as little as €4.95 per month. T-Mobile customers on Relax XL packages will benefit from the data package they can already access. For example, in addition to 50 free minutes for mobile calls to all networks, free connections at weekends and a basic Mobile TV offer, Relax XL 50 offers free data volumes up to five megabytes – all included in the monthly charge of €24. Starting with the Relax 100 XL plan, 30 megabytes are included every month.

Relax and Telly customers also have the option to add BlackBerry® Webmail to their calling plans. At a monthly total charge of €9.95, they are provided with the BlackBerry® Webmail service in addition to the Data 5 data option. The monthly volume of five megabytes included in the plan corresponds to approximately 2,500 e-mails. If using the BlackBerry Pearl for a large amount of Internet browsing, T-Mobile recommends the BlackBerry® Webmail plus Data 30 plan. Here, the inclusive monthly volume for e-mailing and surfing is 30 megabytes, and the monthly charge for the service and the data option, is only €14.95.

SK Telecom launches WCDMA automatic roaming services with England’s T-Mobile, Netherland and Sweden’s Vodafone, Denmark’s Hi3G in England, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark.

Automatic roaming services allow the user to take his/her mobile phone overseas for usage without changing handsets or being designated a separate number. WCDMA automatic roaming services even allow video calling (video calling not available in Denmark).

With four European countries added, WCDMA roaming services may be used in a total of 12 countries, including countries where previously available, such as Italy, France, Germany and Spain. SK Telecom has built a foundation for deployment of a WCDMA roaming belt in the European region, from Sweden in the North to Spain and Italy in the South.

SK Telecom revealed that it will continue to expand WCDMA automatic roaming services in the Europe region, in countries such as Portugal, Finland and Austria, and in Asia in countries such as Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines.

Lee Sung-Young, head of SK Telecom’s Global Roaming Division, remarked, “The availability of WCDMA roaming in the Western European region, where a great deal of foreign travel demand is concentrated, will contribute to the promotion of WCDMA.”

The New BlackBerry Pearl Delivers the Full BlackBerry Experience and Powerful New Features in an Amazingly Small Phone

T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM: TSX: RIM) today announced the BlackBerryВ® Pearlв„ў, an unbelievably small, smart and stylish BlackBerry phone that’s as perfect for staying close to your friends and family as it is for a busy day at work. It is the ideal phone for the burgeoning consumer mobile email market, providing the sleekness and multimedia capabilities that consumers seek, while also staying true to the unique BlackBerry experience that people have come to love. Available in the United States exclusively from T-Mobile beginning Tuesday, September 12, the BlackBerry Pearl is the sleekest BlackBerry yet at a mere 4.2” x 1.97” x .57” and weighing just 3.1 ounces.

The end-to-end BlackBerry wireless email solution continues to shine with support for both personal and corporate email accounts, allowing consumers to stay connected to family, friends and work at their convenience. Web browsing is fast and easy thanks to the BlackBerry Pearl’s powerful device platform and T-Mobile’s fast EDGE network.* Voice features and quality are first-rate and the BlackBerry Pearl incorporates a digital camera, multimedia capabilities and an expandable memory slot for the first time. And, of course, ease-of-use remains a top priority. With such smoothly integrated support for phone, email, and an array of other mobile features, the BlackBerry Pearl from T-Mobile is an ideal mobile companion for staying connected to friends, family and life.

“The revolutionary BlackBerry Pearl, available exclusively at T-Mobile, is the first phone that brings together, in a compelling way for consumers, effortless email with the power of a full-featured mobile phone,” said Mike Butler, Chief Marketing Officer, T-Mobile USA. “The BlackBerry Pearl is the ideal phone for bringing mobile email to the more than 150 million people across the country who use e-mail, almost every day, to stay connected to those who matter most.”

“We are extremely proud to introduce the BlackBerry Pearl in the United States together with T-Mobile,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at RIM. “The BlackBerry Pearl is an engineering marvel wrapped in a smooth and stylish exterior. Whether you are talking, typing, reading, listening, or taking pictures, it feels and performs great. More and more mobile phone users are warming to the prospect of wireless email for both their personal and professional lives, and we believe this amazing little BlackBerry phone is just what many consumers have been waiting for.”

The new BlackBerry Pearl from T-Mobile USA includes:

* BlackBerry Internet Serviceв„ў – allows access to up to 10 personal and corporate email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts
* Popular instant messaging clients: AOLВ®, Yahoo!В® MSNВ® and ICQВ®**
* 1.3 megapixel camera with 3 zoom levels (up to 5X) and built-in flash
* Multimedia player with stereo headset jack for MP3 and AAC music files, as well as MPEG4 and H.263 video formats
* High performance HTML browser for visiting your favorite web sites while on the go*
* A newly enhanced version of RIM’s popular SureType™ keyboard technology that makes typing email quick and easy
* An incredibly intuitive user interface with an easy-to-use trackball, dedicated ‘menu’ and ‘escape’ keys, and context-sensitive menus that make navigation feel instinctive and fast
* Intuitive call management features such as smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing, and call forwarding
* First-rate phone features with Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), dedicated ‘send’, ‘end’, and ‘mute’ keys, speakerphone, and BluetoothВ® support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits and Bluetooth peripherals
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS and EDGE network support for international roaming***
* BlackBerry Maps – a new application which adds mapping and location based services to the BlackBerry Pearl. BlackBerry Maps works together with other BlackBerry applications enabling users to send maps via email and launch maps from other applications, including contacts in your address book
* Support for polyphonic, mp3 and MIDI ring tones **
* A large, ultra-bright 240×260 color display that brings images to life
* An innovative light-sensing technology that automatically optimizes the screen, trackball and keyboard lighting for indoor, outdoor and dark environments
* 64MB built-in flash memory, expandable via MicroSD expansion slot
* BlackBerry Enterprise Server™ support – integrates with Microsoft® Exchange, IBM Lotus® Domino® and Novell GroupWise® environments and features a new set of IT policy controls for IT departments to administer camera and expansion memory settings.
* The BlackBerry Pearl from T-Mobile USA is available beginning Tuesday, September 12 solely at T-Mobile retail stores, select authorized dealers, online at www.t-mobile.com, or by calling 1-800-T-MOBILE.