Research In Motion Signs With Digital China On Blackberry Phone Distribution

Posted by Randal Rayborn on December 7, 2009 - Filed under China

RIM's Blackberry Bold is coming to China

(ChinaTechNews.com) – Research In Motion has signed a cooperation agreement with Digital China which allows Digital China to sell RIM Blackberry smartphones in the Chinese market.

Jim Balsillie, joint CEO of RIM, said at the signing ceremony that RIM is very glad to reach an agreement with Digital China. Balsillie stated that China is an important market for RIM, so the cooperation with Digital China could help them further enhance and expand the opportunities for promoting RIM’s Blackberry phones in China.

Guo Wei, CEO of Digital China, said that Digital China would be fully responsible for the sale of Blackberry phones in China. Guo stressed that their cooperation with RIM does not only involve terminal products, but will also expand to other fields and finally the two will become strategic partners for each other.

Currently there are 36 million Blackberry mobile phone users in the world. With Digital China becoming the general agent of Blackberry mobile phones in China, all other 3C markets in the country need to work with Digital China if they want to sell the phone. – read more at ChinaTechNews.com…

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