Easy-to-Use Solution Offers Businesses Collaboration, Security and Control Of BlackBerry Smartphones

SAN ANTONIO, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Small business owners andoffice managers can now get big-business advantages in a BlackBerry(R)solution. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM)announced today the availability of BlackBerry(R) Professional Software forAT&T's small business customers, which provides a wireless communications andcollaboration solution with advanced security features designed specificallyfor small and midsize companies.

BlackBerry Professional Software is a logical and intuitive wirelesscommunications and collaboration solution that provides small business-focusedfeatures, security performance and support options in an easy-to-use solution,supporting up to 30 wireless users. It enables wireless access to e-mail,calendar, contacts, business data and Internet access while helping owners andoffice managers focus on running their business. This new solution helps themto respond quickly to their customers and provides employees with the abilityto accomplish more each day by using their BlackBerry smartphones from AT&T.

'BlackBerry Professional Software will allow our small business customersto more easily afford and implement BlackBerry service so that they have manyof the controls and security features and the productivity benefits of stayingconnected that large business customers enjoy,' said Michael Woodward, AT&Tvice president, Business Voice/Data and Wireless Products. AT&T is the world'slargest BlackBerry service provider.

BlackBerry Professional Software provides a simplified installationprocess and the full suite of advanced security features and IT policies thatcome with the BlackBerry(R) Enterprise Server software, such as sophisticatedend-to-end encryption to protect communications and information -- but withsimplified administration. With pre-defined IT policies, it is also easy tocontrol content protection strength from content on the handset,owner-information settings, password use, password complexity, timeouts andmore. A lost or stolen smartphone can be locked down, and proprietary businessinformation can be erased immediately.

BlackBerry Professional Software also provides control over the company'sBlackBerry smartphones, allowing the owner or office manager to limit certainfeatures on an employee's smartphone, and the solution enables data to bebacked up wirelessly.