BlackBerry Enterprise solns come to India

NEW DELHI, INDIA: BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) on Thursday said that it has partnered with global technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company in India, Ingram Micro, to provide mobility solutions for corporate customers and small and medium businesses.

Ingram Micro India Limited, through its strong network of value added resellers (VARs), will distribute the full portfolio of BlackBerry enterprise solutions in India, including smartphones, accessories, software and technical support services, RIM officials said.

The enterprise offerings include mobile solutions to boost productivity, increase sales performance and improve customer service.

"With RIM's market leading products and services and Ingram's expertise as a world leader in the distribution of IT solutions, we are confident of providing a unique value proposition for enterprise customers in India, along with broad availability across the market," said Frenny Bawa, managing director India, RIM.

Apart from BlackBerry Enterprise Server and associated BlackBerry Technical Support Services, Ingram will also also offer BlackBerry mobile voice system which will integrate a user's corporate phone system with a BlackBerry smartphone to provide single number reachability.

It will also facilitate extension dialing, as well as corporate phone system features like hold, transfer and ad-hoc conferencing.