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Latethisyear,RIMalsointroduceditsrstsolutiontargetedattheprofessionalconsumer(prosumer)
market.ThecombinationoftheBlackBerry6200SeriesofwirelesshandheldswithBlackBerryWeb
ClientallowsRIMtoexpandtheaddressablemarketforBlackBerrybeyondtheenterprisemarkettoalso
includetheprofessionalconsumermarket.BlackBerryWebClientenablesasingleBlackBerryhandheld
toaccessmultipleexistingemailaccountsincludingISPemailaccountsthatsupportPOP3protocol
withouttheneedforserversoftware.
Lastyear,westatedthatwewouldworktoexpandtheBlackBerrysubscriberbaseoutsideNorth
America.Attheendofscal2003,BlackBerrywasavailablethroughoutmuchofEuropeandAsiaPacic
andthepaceofnetadditionsoutsideNorthAmericaisaccelerating.Inaddition,webegantoworkwith
anumberofnewcarrierpartnersgloballyincludingVerizonWirelessforCDMA20001X;AmericaMovil
(TelCel),RIM’srstLatinAmericancarrierpartner;SwissCominSwitzerland;StarHubinSingapore;TELUS
MobilityinCanada;SMARTinthePhilippines;andTelefonicainSpain.
BlackBerryHandhelds
RIMlaunchedanumberofnewhandheldsincludingtheBlackBerry6700SeriesforGPRSnetworks,
theBlackBerry6510forNextel’siDENnetwork,andtheBlackBerry6750™forCDMA20001Xnetworks.
RIMalsolaunchedtheBlackBerry6200SeriesofwirelesshandheldsforGPRS,whichispartofRIM’srst
offeringtargetedattheprosumermarket.Thenewhandheldsboastanumberofenhancedfeatures.
InadditiontothetraditionalBlackBerry“always-on”emailexperience,allthehandheldslaunchedthis
yearofferphonefunctionalitywithanintegratedspeaker/microphone,replaceable/rechargeable
battery,webbrowser,two-waywirelessdataaccessandSMScapabilities.TheBlackBerry6510offers
DirectConnect®walkie-talkiefunctionalityandthenewBlackBerry6200Seriesfeaturesasmaller,
light-weightdesignandUSBsupportforrapidcharginganddatatransfer.
BlackBerryhasemergedastheleadingplatformforenterprise
accesstowirelessdata.Inscal2003theBlackBerrysubscriber
basesurpassedahalfmillionusersworldwideandthenumberof
companiesandorganizationswithBlackBerryEnterpriseServer
installedbehindtheirrewallswasinexcessof10,000.
BlackBerrySubscriberGrowth
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25,000
01 02 03
165,000
321,000
534,000