Bharti Airtel launches new service in Bangladesh

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FE Team | Published: July 29, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

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FE Report Bharti Airtel has launched 'BlackBerry Service' in the country as part of its commitment of offering latest and innovative service for its customers, said Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of Airtel Bangladesh Chris Tobit at a press conference in the city Thursday. He informed the media that they would provide two services-BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) and BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES)- through four BlackBerry smartphone devices. New users of Airtel will be able to use the service by expending at least Tk 899 per month with 1GB Internet and the price range of the handsets will be from Tk 22272 to Tk 45782, he mentioned. He also said those who already have BlackBerry will be able to take the service. Talking about specialty of the service, Mr Tobit said it has a secure access to e-mail services on the move that will attract the business users for the service. The Airtel Bangladesh head said BIS is designed to target the individual post-paid mobile phone customers, giving them the ultimate internet experience using the RIM (Research In Motion) platform. This will also allow customers to browse, download, chat and send e-mails, he added.