September 2, 2008

Maxis and RIM Launch the BlackBerry Bold Smartphone in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia– Maxis Communications Berhad (“Maxis”) and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced that the new BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphone is scheduled to be available nationwide in late September.

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone is the first BlackBerry® smartphone to support tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world and comes with top of the line multimedia and communications features, providing customers with a world class mobile experience. The smartphone includes GPS and Wi-Fi®, a sophisticated new interface, a stunning display and a newly designed QWERTY keyboard.

“Maxis has always been at the forefront of mobile communications and technology. We were the first operator to introduce the BlackBerry wireless solution in Malaysia in 2004 and have continued to lead the way with the introduction of a wide selection of BlackBerry smartphones for our customers,” said M. Fitri B Abdullah, Head of Enterprise Business for Maxis. “Coupled with Maxis’ HSDPA and EDGE technology, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone is optimised for our customers, who can now access the Internet easily, quickly and comfortably. We have enjoyed a long-standing partnership with RIM and we are confident that the latest addition of the BlackBerry Bold to our smartphone portfolio will be a further advancement of our shared goal to provide Malaysian customers the best in world class voice, data and multimedia features and mobile performance.”

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone comes with a half VGA (480x320 resolution at 217 ppi) colour LCD display and an advanced media player that can display pictures and slideshows quickly and play movies smoothly in full screen mode. The BlackBerry Bold smartphone also comes with a newly enhanced high performance browser, making it easy to navigate the web on the go.

“The new BlackBerry Bold smartphone features incredible functionality and performance and provides a unique blend of features that suits our customers’ needs,” said Gregory Wade, Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific, Research In Motion. “Business and non-business users alike can now make the most out of their professional and personal time, allowing them to stay connected to the people and information that matter to them.”

With this breakthrough BlackBerry smartphone, users can talk on the phone as well as send and receive messages using its world class messaging features, including support for wireless email, SMS/MMS and instant messaging via BlackBerry® Messenger, Windows Live™ Messenger, Google® Talk and Yahoo!® Messenger. For even greater mobile productivity, the DataViz® Documents to Go® software suite has been preloaded on the BlackBerry Bold smartphone, allowing users to edit Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone also provides rich multimedia functionality, with features including a 2-megapixel camera with digital zoom and video recording, a powerful media player for watching videos, viewing photos and listening to music and easy synchronization with iTunes® digital music collections using the new BlackBerry® Media Sync application*.

Maxis customers who wish to find out more about the BlackBerry Bold smartphone can visit www.maxis.com.my/blackberry or call Maxis at 123 if you are using your mobile phone, and 1 800 821 123 if you are calling from any other lines.

About Maxis Communications Berhad
Named Asian Mobile Operator of the Year 2007, the Maxis Group currently operates in three key Asian markets – Malaysia, India and Indonesia – with a 5,000 strong workforce collectively serving over 20 million customers and offering a comprehensive range of communications services, including mobile and fixed line telecommunications, value-added data and content services, wireless and fixed line broadband services and international gateway services.
 
Its Malaysian operations, Maxis Communications Berhad (“Maxis”) is the country’s premier mobile telecommunications operator, with the lead in postpaid and prepaid (Hotlink) subscriber base.  The Maxis Group operates in India through subsidiary Aircel Limited and in Indonesia through PT Natrindo Telepon Seluler.
 
Since it began operations in 1995, Maxis has won numerous awards. Recently, the company was recognised as “Malaysian Mobile Operator of the Year” by Asian Mobile News at the 2008 Asian Mobile News Awards and “Malaysia’s Service Provider of the Year” by Frost & Sullivan at the 2008 Malaysia Telecoms Awards, due to its clear demonstration of leadership in business performance, brand value, sustained service excellence, network quality and product innovation, further reinforcing the Maxis Group’s mission to be a Regional Communications Leader of Choice.

For more information, please visit www.maxis.com.my.

About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM’s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

Notes:
* Certain music files may not be supported, including files that contain digital rights management technologies.

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