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RIM, CTM deploy Blackberries at EAG

Canadian firm Research In Motion (RIM) has leveraged the event to announce their plans to offer BlackBerry PDAs in Macau. The popular mobile devices will operate on the GPRS network of Macau telco Companhia de Telecomunica''es de Macau (CTM).

The Macau 4th East Asian Games Organising Committee (MEAGOC) will deploy BlackBerry devices through CTM's sponsorship of 35 BlackBerry wireless handhelds for the event. These BlackBerry handhelds will have a pre-installed EAG calendar to allow EAG personnel to easily check the event schedule while on the go, said CTM and RIM in a joint statement.

For corporate customers, BlackBerry Enterprise Server software tightly integrates with Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell GroupWise and works with existing enterprise systems to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data, said the statement. For individuals and smaller businesses, BlackBerry Internet Service allows users to access up to ten corporate and/or personal email accounts (including Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and many popular ISP email accounts) from a single device.