Belgrade, Serbia and Waterloo, ON - Vip mobile, a member of mobilkom austria group and Research In Motion (RIM) announced availability of the BlackBerry® solution from Vodafone in Serbia. The BlackBerry solution brings together smartphones, software and services to allow easy access to email, phone, calendar, web, multimedia and other applications on the go.

This is the first product announcement from Vip that stems from its newly launched strategic partnership with Vodafone in Serbia. At launch, Vip will offer customers BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and BlackBerry® Internet Service with a choice of the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8310 and BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8100 smartphones.

Alexander Sperl, CEO at Vip mobile says: “BlackBerry smartphones are stylish and innovative communication tools that combine voice, push e-mail, Internet browsing and other mobile applications. We believe that the BlackBerry solution fulfils our promise to bring customers new and exciting ways to communicate.”

“We are pleased to be working with Vip to introduce the BlackBerry solution to customers in Serbia. BlackBerry smartphones allow people to stay connected to the information they need and want while they are on the move,” said Charmaine Eggberry, Vice President and Managing Director, EMEA at Research In Motion