Blackberry to be available on Reliance network

High-end mobile device Blackberry, which was till now available only with the GSM operators, will be soon launched on CDMA platform by Reliance Communications.

At present, only Bharti Airtel and Hutch-Essar offer the wireless e-mail solution.

Asked when the company would launch Blackberry on its network, Reliance Communications President (Wireless) S P Shukla said, "very soon."

He, however, refused to divulge any further details.

The company today unveiled new range of Reliance Classic colour mobile phones priced in the range of Rs 1,222-1,299.

RCom recently unveiled Classic monochrome handset at a competitive price of Rs 777 and claims to have sold one million handsets in just one week of the launch.

"I have no reason to doubt why our new range of colour phones will not match the success of Rs 777 scheme," Shukla said without giving any exact number which the company is targeting.

He said the company is focusing on new as well as existing customers, who would like to switch to colour phones.

Classic handsets come with SIM cards, which allow subscribers to changeover from one model to another. The subscribers, however, do not have the choice of shifting to another CDMA operator.