{"id":490,"date":"2012-12-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asbis.com\/news\/?p=490"},"modified":"2023-07-28T14:08:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:08:38","slug":"rim-announces-retail-expansion-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.asbis.com\/news\/press\/rim-announces-retail-expansion-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"RIM announces retail expansion in Russia and introduction of new BlackBerry smartphones in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 10, 2012, Moscow – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced plans to expand its retail presence in Russia providing greater access to all the market-leading messaging, social networking features and apps that the BlackBerry® solution offers, allowing more customers in Russia to share life as it happens.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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RIM announced plans to expand its retail presence in Russia<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

The expansion was made possible through collaboration with ASBIS Group, one of the leading distributors of consumer and professional electronics in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The partnership means select BlackBerry smartphones will become available in thousands of Russia’s leading mobile retailers across the country.<\/p>\n

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Alexey Krutitsky, Executive Partner Affairs Director, ASBIS Russia, said: “We are excited to be Research In Motion’s distributor in Russia. RIM products are very popular among both enterprise and private customers. Organisations benefit from the high security of the BlackBerry platform and wide array of special business applications, and consumers enjoy the  slick OS and rich functionality of the BlackBerry experience. BlackBerry holds the number one smartphone position in many markets around the world and I believe our partners will be delighted that they can start offering BlackBerry products to their customers.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“We are excited to be further expanding our retail presence in Russia with ASBIS Group,” said Oleg Orlov, Regional Director, Russia and Eastern Europe, Research In Motion. “BlackBerry  has already established itself in the Russian market by offering a smartphone experience that people love. We’re confident our Russian customers will enjoy the greater access to the rich messaging services and benefits available on BlackBerry smartphones afforded by this important partnership.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The partnership will open the Russian market for the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900, the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9790 in black and white, and the BlackBerry® Curve™ 9360 smartphones. The smartphones offer the best keyboards in their class for quick and easy typing and customers can easily interact with their social network in real time, using preloaded apps for Facebook® and Twitter®.
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