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Orlando (Florida), May 10: The increasingly ubiquitous BlackBerry may soon be available to CDMA subscribers in India. Waterloo (Ontario)-based wireless solutions provider Research in Motion (RIM) is in advanced negotiations with Reliance Communications to offer its CDMA subscribers a range of services on the BlackBerry platform.
“CDMA carriers in the US like Verizon have offered BlackBerry services for years. The technology issues have already been sorted out with Reliance. Now, the two sides just have to sit together and hammer out an agreement,” a source confirmed on the sidelines of RIM’s Wireless Enterprise Symposium being held in the balmy central Florida city.
News of the possible tie-up with Mumbai-headquartered Reliance Communications comes close on the heels of the launch by Hutch of BlackBerry Connect on a range of GSM devices.
BlackBerry devices and BlackBerry Connect is available through Bharti Airtel as well.
Devices enabled with BlackBerry Connect can support push-based wireless email with attachment viewing and other features through the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Server.
“India is one of the most strategic markets in the world for us. I personally deal with Sunil Bharti Mittal and those that run other carriers.
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