BPL Mobile and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced the availability of BlackBerry Connect software v4.0 on a range of handsets from BPL Mobile in India. With BlackBerry Connect, users will be able to access the BlackBerry services with support for BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service.

“We are delighted to extend the choice of smartphones supporting the powerful BlackBerry wireless solution,” said Sunzay Passari, Vice President, VAS and Devices, BPL Mobile. “BlackBerry Connect software enables users to enhance their mobile communications and productivity by connecting to the feature-rich and sophisticated BlackBerry services.”

“The popularity of the BlackBerry solution continues to grow in India and around the world as customers embrace its many communications, productivity and convenience benefits,” said Frenny Bawa, Vice President, India, Research In Motion. “We’re very pleased to be working with BPL Mobile to provide BlackBerry Connect to customers in India with a broad choice of handsets.”

BlackBerry Connect provides support for push-based wireless email access, wireless email reconciliation and attachment viewing. Additional features supported by BlackBerry Connect v4.0 on BlackBerry Enterprise Server include:

- Integration with IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange and Novell GroupWise to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data
- Complete, two-way wireless synchronization of email, calendar, address book and task information
- Enhanced attachment handling capabilities, enabling users to view images, footnotes and tracked changes
- Remote look-up of corporate email address directory
- Triple DES or AES wireless encryption
- Internet and corporate intranet access via the BlackBerry Mobile Data System
- Wireless device provisioning to allow devices to be activated wirelessly
- Remote control of email settings to allow users to wirelessly configure out-of-office replies, email filters and auto-signatures directly from their device
- Wireless IT policy enforcement and commands

Source: ITnewsOnline