Digicel launches BlackBerry here !!!

Guyana Chronicle

DIGICEL yesterday announced the launch of an innovative suite of BlackBerry smart-phones to its mobile customers here and the Guyanese market in general. At the media launch of the handsets at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, Chief Executive Officer of Digicel Guyana, Mr. Tim Bahrani said there is definitely a market for BlackBerry in this country and the introduction here of the “unique BlackBerry experience” is long overdue.
We are always looking at ways to expand our handset range so that it allows customers to benefit fully from cutting-edge wireless technology (and) Digicel is proud to be adding three BlackBerry smart-phones to our suite of handsets,” he told reporters. According to him, Digicel is the first operator in Guyana to introduce the BlackBerry wireless solution.
The BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry 8700 and the BlackBerry 7130 were the smart-phones launched yesterday and are now available on the market.The BlackBerry Pearl is loaded with features and offers everything you want from a smart-phone and the wireless advantage you only get from a BlackBerry,” Bahrani posited.The Blackberry Pearl delivers the full experience that users have come to love, along with powerful new media features such as a digital camera, MP3 player and video maker in what Bahrani said is “an amazingly small, light and stylish design”. Noting that the BlackBerry is “definitely one of those new innovations”, he declared that “multi-tasking has never been so easy!” Bahrani also believes there is a substantial market for BlackBerry handsets in Guyana. He said large corporations and companies like Banks DIH have already signaled their intention of having their senior managers use the BlackBerry smart-phones. Bahrani also asserted that “the BlackBerry experience you will get here is not dependent on the Americas II (Cable)”, used by its main competitor – the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GT&T) and which was damaged off the coast of French Guiana recently.
Ms Lori Mulder, a Senior Manager at Research In Motion Limited (RIM) – the company that partners Digicel to bring BlackBerry to markets in countries around the world - said “RIM is proud to partner Digicel in bringing BlackBerry to Guyana for the very first time.” It is an absolute pleasure for me to be here with Digicel in Guyana; I had the privilege of being part of bringing BlackBerry to Digicel back in 2005 and it has been very exciting for me to watch Digicel’s growth over the last few years,” she told reporters. According to her, “BlackBerry is a total communications solution that improves the quality of life for businesses and individuals.”
Digicel Marketing Director Mr. Richard Gill said the handsets will range in price from between $55,000 to $65,000, while the BlackBerry service will be sold in ‘packages’ ranging from $10,000 to $17,000 per month. According to him, the cost of these packages depends on several things, including the number of free-minutes in each package and the kinds of added features in those packages. Gill said Digicel is committed to bringing “innovation into the marketplace” and to offer customers in Guyana the "best and most up-to-date service".

This is amazing.
It is a massive step forward for Guyana it terms of business solutions. Considering the size of our nation it is great to bring in technology that even the Russians can seem to get going !?!