Celtel Uganda today launched the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) to its postpaid subscribers in Uganda. This service will be ideal for professionals and corporate consumers and help them stay connected to important people and information while on the move.
The BlackBerry solution is also very beneficial for corporations who want to improve the productivity and effectiveness of their mobile employees. Employees with BlackBerry smartphones will be able to manage their corporate email without being at their office desks.
Celtel customers will be able to access a wide range of features using a BlackBerry smartphone including corporate email, mobile phone services (including voice calling, SMS and MMS), other corporate data applications, and a range of personal information management (PIM) tools.
The launch of the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution in Uganda is the result of a partnership between Celtel, Emitac Mobile Solutions LLC (EMS) and RIM, who have collaborated to bring the BlackBerry solution to market.
At launch, Celtel Uganda will offer the BlackBerry® 8800 smartphone to its customers. The BlackBerry 8800 smartphone is packed with powerful communications capabilities and yet, is also incredibly slim and stylish. The BlackBerry 8800 includes built-in GPS for location based services and applications such as BlackBerry® Maps (also included), a media player, expandable memory slot and a trackball navigation system.
“We are pleased to introduce the BlackBerry solution in Uganda with Celtel and are confident that Celtel customers will benefit from access to the world’s leading wireless technology,” said Mr. Babar Khan, CEO of Emitac Mobile Solutions, a BlackBerry Strategic Channel Partner for the Middle East and Africa.
“We continue to extend the global availability of the BlackBerry solution and are pleased to be launching today in Uganda with Celtel and EMS. BlackBerry smartphones are a great choice for individuals that strive to be more productive, flexible and ultimately more successful in work and life,” said Charmaine Eggberry, Vice President and Managing Director of EMEA at Research In Motion.
Celtel customers traveling within East Africa’s One Network can continue to use their BlackBerry smartphone while roaming in the region.
BlackBerry Enterprise Server tightly integrates with IBM® Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft® Exchange and Novell® GroupWise® environments and features a broad set of IT policy controls that allows IT departments to manage deployments.
About Celtel International
Celtel is the most successful pan-African mobile network, offering telecommunications services to more people in Africa than any other network. The company is one of the best-known branded businesses in Africa with mobile licenses covering more than 400 million people, close to half of Africa’s population. Under the brand promise of ‘Making Life Better’, the company is committed to achieving sustainable development of telecommunications in Africa. Celtel has more than 20 million customers and operates mobile cellular operations in 14 countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Uganda, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. For more information please visit www.celtel.com
Celtel is owned by MTC, a leading provider of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East and Africa. MTC employs 13,000 people provides a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 29.7 million active individual and business customers. The company is in Kuwait and Bahrain as MTC-Vodafone, in Jordan as Fastlink, in Iraq as MTC-Atheer, in Lebanon as MTC-Touch and in Sudan, under the brand name of ‘Mobitel’.
The Mobile Telecommunications Company KSC (the parent company) is a Kuwaiti shareholding company and its shares are traded on the Kuwait Stock Exchange. The company’s market capitalisation at 1 May, 2007 exceeded US$ 24 billion. For more information please visit www.mtctelecom.com
About MTC
Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) is the pioneer of mobile services in the Middle East and now a major player in Africa. The company was established during 1983 in Kuwait as one of the region’s first mobile operators, and since the initiation of our “3x3x3” expansion strategy in 2003, we have expanded rapidly becoming the 4th largest company in the world with a footprint in 20 countries.
As a leading mobile and data services operator in five Middle Eastern and 15 African countries with 13,000 employees, we provide a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 29.7 million active individual and business customers.
MTC operates in Kuwait and Bahrain as MTC-Vodafone, in Jordan as Fastlink, in Iraq as MTC-Atheer, in Lebanon as MTC-Touch, in Sudan as MobiTel and in 14 sub-Saharan countries in Africa as Celtel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Uganda, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
The Parent Company and its subsidiaries (the Group) provide mobile telecommunication services under licenses from Governments of the countries in which they operate; purchase, deliver, install, manage and maintain mobile telephone and paging systems; and invest surplus funds in investment securities.
The group recorded revenues of KD 392.5 million (USD 1.356 billion) and net profit of KD 71.4 million (USD 246.6 million for the quarter ending March 31, 2007. The Kuwait Investment Authority owns 24.6% of the company’s shares.
The Mobile Telecommunications Company KSC (the Parent Company) is a Kuwaiti shareholding company and its shares are traded on the Kuwait Stock Exchange. The Company’s share price as at May 1, 2007 was 3.700 Fils, giving a Kuwait Stock Exchange market valuation for MTC of KD 7.013 billion (USD 24.25 billion) -Blackberry
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