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BlackBerry® 
mtc touch, EMS and RIM launch the BlackBerry solution in Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon, and Waterloo, Canada: mtc touch - a Zain group subsidiary -,EMS, and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) announced today the launch of the BlackBerry® solution in Lebanon for all corporate and individual customers holding "touch" postpaid lines. The announcement came during a press conference held at the Phoenicia Intercontinental Hotel under the high patronage of the Minister of Telecommunications, Engineer Gebran Bassil, with the support of the Embassy of Canada in Lebanon. Among the attendees were HE Mr Martial Pagé, the Ambassador of Canada in Lebanon, in addition to several officials and key media figures.
The BlackBerry solution offered by mtc touch in Lebanon is many things in one: a mobile office in one’s pocket, the ability to be contactable virtually anywhere, a great way to stay in control of one’s life and get a lot of things done on the go. This includes push email, SMS/MMS, Instant Messaging, Organizer, Internet/Intranet Browsing, Phone, Business Applications, and more.
Speaking at the press conference, Chief Commercial Officer at mtc touch, Mr. Nadim Khater, highlighted that “the company has exerted all necessary efforts, collaborating with RIM and EMS, to quickly deploy the BlackBerry solution, in response to individual and corporate requests of having a simple, convenient, low cost system connecting them to their email and the internet on-the-go, both locally and abroad.”
“We are thrilled to embark on a partnership with mtc touch, and look forward to working with them to bring truly powerful mobile solutions to the Lebanese market,” said Babar Khan, CEO of Emitac Mobile Solutions (EMS), RIM's strategic channel partner. “We are committed to supporting mtc touch in introducing the latest BlackBerry products and services and to staying at the forefront of mobile technology” he added.
Also speaking at the conference was HE Mr Martial Pagé the Ambassador of Canada in Lebanon, who expressed his delight to witness the arrival of BlackBerry in Lebanon. He said: “The BlackBerry is one of Canada's truly revolutionary innovations in communication, and I am certain it will be an instant success in Lebanon. BlackBerry is a shining example of how Canada is at the cutting edge of global innovation in the field of Information and Communications Technologies”.
mtc touch BlackBerry service is composed of BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for corporate customers - a solution specifically designed for organizations that manage their own email servers – as well as BlackBerry® Internet Service for smaller businesses and individual users.
About Zain (mtc touch parent Company)
Zain is a leading emerging markets player in the field of telecommunications aiming to become one of the top ten mobile operators in the world by 2011. Zain was established in 1983 in Kuwait as the region’s first mobile operator. Since 2003, it has grown significantly becoming the 4th largest mobile network in the world in terms of geographic presence with a footprint in 22 countries spread across the Middle East and Africa providing mobile voice and data services to 56.3 million active customers (as at 30 September 2008).
Zain operates in the following countries: Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. In Lebanon, the company manages the network on behalf of the government operating as mtc touch.
The Zain brand is wholly owned by Mobile Telecommunications Company KSC, which is listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (Stock ticker: ZAIN). For more, please visit www.zain.com About EMS Emitac Mobile Solutions (EMS) is a Dubai based solutions and service provider and a 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 www.emsmobile.com
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