MTN and Research In Motion today announced the availability of the new BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone for MTN customers in South Africa.
The new BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone is a truly outstanding smartphone that features both amazing performance and a stunning design. Built on a new, performance-driven platform powered by the new BlackBerry 7 operating system, it is also the thinnest BlackBerry smartphone yet at only 10.5mm.
“We’re pleased to work with MTN to bring the new BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone to customers in South Africa. The new BlackBerry Bold combines outstanding mobile communications and multimedia performance with the industry’s best keyboard and a brilliant touch display,” said Rui Brites, Director, African Product Management at RIM.
Mike Fairon, General Manager for Product, Services and Innovation at MTN, said: “We’re excited to bring the next-generation BlackBerry smartphone experience to our customers in South Africa. With its blazingly quick performance, enhanced browsing and elegant styling, this is a perfect smartphone for both consumers and busy professionals on the move.”
Staff writer
Having upgraded into the 9900 last week, I have just learnt that MTN has not renewed the licence for garmap mobile which provided the necessary gps for my phone and which was the main reason I bought the blackberry 2 years ago. This is unsatisfactory as I was not informed of this important development and would otherwise have not renewed my contract but considered other options. Is that really the case and would like to know what other mtn loyalists have to say.