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Farmington Hills, Mich. Mercedes-Benz Financial is now the first automotive financial services company to expand personalized and convenient account management features to all of its customers using smartphones like BlackBerry®, Droid ®, and other mobile devices with internet capability.

Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading cellular service providers, and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a world leader in wireless innovation, today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700 smartphone for Vodafone customers in India.

Airtel, Asia’s leading integrated telecom services provider, and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a world leader in wireless innovation, today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700 smartphone for Airtel customers in India.

To support the growing interest by enterprises for mobile collaboration and social networking, Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that it is further mobilizing IBM (NYSE: IBM) Lotus® Software on the BlackBerry® platform.

Unitel’s customers will now be able to enjoy the productivity benefits of using BlackBerry smartphones to stay connected to people and information on the go. Users will benefit from enhanced communications, with easy, wireless access to email, phone, calendar, web, multimedia and a range of other business and leisure applications.

IBM and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the availability of rich, new social networking applications for BlackBerry smartphones.

Users can finally feel free to leave their laptop behind when going to deliver a presentation. Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced BlackBerry® Presenter, the latest accessory for BlackBerry® smartphones.

China Mobile Hong Kong today announced the launch of the new BlackBerry® IM & Email Service Plan. Presenting the most affordable entry-level option in the market, the new service plan enables customers to stay connected with unlimited email and Instant Messaging (IM) for a monthly fee of HK$68#.

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” – NYSE: MBT) and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 is now available from all MTS shops in Russia. The new smartphone is available to subscribers on both personal and corporate rates at a price of 12,500 rubles*.

UPS today announced an industry-first application for BlackBerry® devices that not only ships and tracks packages but also finds the nearest UPS location.

Paris, The BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700 also offers high-quality finishing with a trackpad, a touch pad enabling intuitive and sensitive navigation. It integrates a range of high-end telephone features that are easy to use, including a high-quality speaker, voice dialing and conference calling capabilities.

Alfa will offer customers various BlackBerry® smartphones: the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000 smartphone and the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphone; along with unlimited1 MB for BlackBerry® Service local usage.

Under a new, two-year contract, Vital Transportation will distribute BlackBerry® smartphones from AT&T to its drivers to facilitate strong communications between them and the company’s base of operations. Supported by a new third-party mobile software application, Vital will now have the ability to wirelessly manage job dispatching, tracking and payment options for drivers working throughout the region.

Virgin Media today announces the addition of the BlackBerry® CurveTM 8520 smartphone to its range of pay-monthly handsets. This is the first time BlackBerry® smartphones have been made available to Virgin customers in the UK.

dtac and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM, TSX: RIM) today announced the BlackBerry® solution will be available for dtac's customers in Thailand on 2nd December 2009.

Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the winners of the BlackBerry® Alliance Program’s EMEA Innovation Awards 2009.

AT&T’s Great-Value Smartphone Features Global Access, Slick Design, Robust Capability, Trackpad, Media Keys for Easy Access to Music and Entertainment, Preloaded Facebook and Myspace

Adobe to Deliver Support for BlackBerry Smartphones within Adobe Creative Suite; RIM to Incorporate Flash Platform into BlackBerry Platform

Smart telecom, a national cellular operator, and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, today launched the EVDO-enabled BlackBerry® Curve™ 8330 smartphone in Indonesia.

Orange first operator to give customers one-click access to Google Mobile App™ on multiple mobile platforms in addition to a search widget on the Android mobile platform