First BlackBerry contract sold in Russia
By Darren Murph 
posted Apr 4th 2008 11:35AM
posted Apr 4th 2008 11:35AM
Well, what do you know? We heard that RIM was gearing up to ship BlackBerry handsets to Russia in 2008, and lo and behold, the addiction is indeed sliding over to the world's largest country. British American Tobacco became the first client of BlackBerry service in the nation, and it's being provided by the beautifully-named Vimpelcom. As expected, Vimpelcom's customers will be handed the same 8700g model that was introduced to Chinese users when RIM broke into that territory last July. As it stands, the aforesaid operator is already in talks with some 40 more potential corporate clients, and rival Mobile TeleSystems is also getting set to unleash BB service with 30 corporate clients. Kudos, Russia -- prepare for splintered relationships, 24 hour work days and a feeling of anxiety you can't even fathom when service collapses for even a moment.
In Soviet Russia, email pushes YOU !
best possible joke
I wish I wouldn't automatically hum the Rocky theme every time I read anything about Russia. . .
Props to Russia for entering the year 2008.
Why is this such a big deal? Now if they managed to push BB in Cuba, I would be impressed.
Russia....WE welcome you to 1997!
mate, what makes you think that Russia is so "way behind"? i mean - are those the schwarzenegger movies or the stalone movies?
Let the crackberry addiction spread!
WOO HOO!!
Oh no! Now, they can finally launch their nukular missiles!
castro loves his iphone too much.
your reply system sucks weblogs inc.
Me for one am glad its the 8700 because these things are really built solid and will last a good number of years which is expected in harsh climate it is going into.
Blah, when I read saw the entry I expected to see a much better "In Soviet Russia"-joke in the comment section. Where our main man phanbouy???
Fitting move sending the 8700g, as it looks like it was designed in Soviet Russia. Next we should send them Kindles.
wow, just a tad behind the times
Awww, you beat me to it...
8700g model? Boy that's heavy!
Har har har...
It is for corporate client, 8700g gets the job done without all the fun
and getting the job done with no fun is what Russia is all about!
Haha, I was hoping I'd be the one to break that out
In Soviet Russia, Black berries YOU!
Guys, who is the enemy?
THE RUSSIANS!
So why are we giving the ENEMY our teknawlogey?
Dude, the Cold War's been over since 1991.
does anybody know if verizon has employee discounts if so what are they and can you get them with a part time job, a friend asked and i had absolutly no clue. Do any other carriers have part time employee discounts
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I don't understand your thought process in posting that question here.
It scares the hell out of me that you are allowed to vote.
Vyimpelkom's mobile brand is BeeLine ... all of 3 main telco's were providing own versions of push mail since circa 2000
Um.... Canada is the world's largest country. Not Russia anymore.
Russia hasn't been the largest country since it broke up into different republicstans.
Russia still is the largest country - just check wikipedia or smth
I wonder if it works on a noo-clee-arr wessel.
Your website is very interesting. I am planning to use it every day to get my financial information. Keep with good work...
Thank you,
warm regards,
Marta
in other news, shares of Marta Szafran have fallen 43% in after hours trading
In former Soviet Russia, Crackberry has you!
In Soviet Russia, comment system fucks up your reply, people complain and nobody fixes it.
First and Last... let see, when 96% of people are dirt poor all they need is BlackBerryies
I would say that 96% are really 'that' poor. Moreover - the further from the big rich cities the more expensive the mobiles =) That's weird, I know...