China Unicom shares jump after Blackberry deal

BEIJING, CHINA: Shares in China Unicom Ltd , the country's No.2 mobile carrier, jumped more than 3 percent on Thursday, after news it had started offering services with Research in Motion's Blackberry phones.

The only mobile operator to have the right to sell Apple's iconic iPhone in China said earlier in March it would offer Blackberry gadgets to subscribers in a push to add more 3G users.

Shares in China Unicom were up 3.4 percent by 0327 GMT