GO Mobile and RIM introduce the BlackBerry solution to the Maltese market

PRESS RELEASE

2 December, 2008 – Emitac Mobile Solution (EMS), GO Mobile and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® solution in Malta. GO Mobile customers will now be able to enjoy the benefits of enhanced communications and increased productivity by using a Blackberry® smartphone to access email, browse the web, make phone calls, send and receive text and picture messages and keep organized, as well as access a wide variety of business and leisure applications while on the move.

At launch, GO Mobile will offer the BlackBerry® Bold™, BlackBerry® 8800 and BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8120 smartphones to the Maltese market. All three BlackBerry® smartphones will be available from GO and GO Mobile outlets across Malta and Gozo. To support this new range of BlackBerry® smartphones, GO Mobile will also offer powerful BlackBerry® services that will enable easy wireless access to email, Internet, multimedia and other lifestyle applications including instant messaging and social networking.

“In response to strong customer interest, we are proud to introduce these three BlackBerry® smartphones together with two service offerings – one of which is tailor-made for individual users and small businesses, while the other is offered for corporate clients,” said GO’s Chief Operations Officer Norbert Prihoda. “We are pleased with the strong relationship GO Mobile is building with EMS and Research In Motion, a relationship that will translate into cutting edge mobile services for our customers. Mobile email and Internet access no longer constitute a luxury in today’s communication-based world and our customers will be able to enjoy the full benefits of the BlackBerry® solution.”

“BlackBerry® smartphones are a perfect choice for both consumers and business professionals who want more from their mobile phone than just the ability to make calls. We are delighted to be working with EMS and GO Mobile to launch the BlackBerry® solution in Malta,” said Mark Guibert, vice president of Corporate Marketing at RIM.

“We are pleased to partner with GO Mobile to launch the BlackBerry® solution in the Maltese market,” said Babar Khan, CEO of EMS. “The GO Mobile and EMS partnership will ensure that the GO Mobile customers have access to the latest BlackBerry® smartphones and support.”

BlackBerry® Bold smartphone
The BlackBerry® Bold smartphone is a top-of-the-line handset that comes with tri-band support for HSDPA high-speed networks around the world and comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi®, as well as a rich set of multimedia capabilities. Featuring a lustrous black exterior, satin chrome finished frame and stylish leatherette backplate, the BlackBerry® Bold has a stunning display and sophisticated user interface. With its fast processor, support for HSDPA download speeds and ability to support simultaneous voice and data, users can even talk on the phone while handling email, browsing the web or accessing other data applications

The BlackBerry® Bold comes with a newly enhanced, high performance browser and high resolution, ultra-sharp display giving users an on-the-go web browsing experience with desktopstyle depiction. Using its trackball, which mimics a mouse, users can easily navigate sites or zoom in on specific parts of a web page, while various emulation settings allow users to choose between the full desktop-style HTML content and layout or the mobile version.

BlackBerry® 8800 smartphone
This elegant smartphone includes a full, highly tactile QWERTY keyboard with a range of powerful features including built-in GPS, media player and an expandable memory slot. The large, high resolution display, with its automatic light sensing technology, makes applications and attachments a pleasure to view. The handset’s intuitive trackball navigation system makes scrolling through messages and navigating applications and Web pages incredibly easy.

The built-in GPS works with a range of location based applications and services to make it easy for users to find addresses, shops and businesses, track locations and get both visual routes as well as step-by-step directions. The BlackBerry® 8800 smartphone is also supported by a wide range of mobile business applications for the BlackBerry® platform, so information can be easily accessed on the move.

BlackBerry® Pearl 8120 smartphone
A sleek, small and elegant smartphone, the BlackBerry® Pearl 8120 provides powerful communications features coupled with rich multimedia capabilities and Wi-Fi® connectivity support. Recording video* and taking pictures is a breeze with the BlackBerry® Pearl 8120 smartphone’s 2 megapixel camera. These images and video clips can also be easily shared with friends and family by email, web upload or MMS; alternatively users can save and store these files, together with their favourite music, on a microSD card that easily slides into the side of the smartphone. The BlackBerry® Pearl 8120, with its large, bright and high-resolution display, also offers an exceptional user experience for email, phone, messaging (SMS, IM, MMS), web browsing, organiser and other mobile applications.

This new offering from GO Mobile is tailored to suit both individuals and business users. GO Mobile will offer the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server software for corporate customers and BlackBerry® Internet Service for smaller businesses and individual users.

BlackBerry® Enterprise Server is for organisations that manage their own email servers. The BlackBerry® Enterprise Server software tightly integrates with IBM® Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft® Exchange and Novell® GroupWise® and uses advanced encryption and IT policy controls to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data.

BlackBerry® Internet Service is designed for smaller businesses and individuals. It allows customers to access up to 10 supported corporate and personal email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts such as, Yahoo! Mail and Google Mail) from a single device.

To learn more about the BlackBerry® solution contact GO Mobile’s 24 by 7 customer care department, call 146 (free) from a GO Mobile or 7922 2146 from other lines, or visit www.go.com.mt.

*Video recording requires a microSD card, which may be sold separately.