Struggling Blackberry-maker, Research in Motion (RIM) has announced a partnership with telecom operator Tata Docomo, to provide exclusive data and voice post-paid plans to owners of the GSM-based BlackBerry 9320.
Tata Docomo is offering a Rs. 599 monthly plan to Curve 9320 ownsers, with 600 free local and national minutes (now that roaming is free), 600 free SMSes, and unlimited BlackBerry Internet Services plan, with a 10GB download limit.
According to the Head for Non-Voice Services at Tata Teleservices, Mr. Sunil Tandon, customers will be able to recover the cost of the BlackBerry Curve 9320 (roughly Rs. 15,500) within 15 months, as the plans are worth Rs. 1,080 monthly.
Speaking about the new offer, RIM India’s Head of CDMA Business, Francis Jose said, “To avail the facility, customer can buy BlackBerry 9320 from any store across India but this offer which has 10 GB data download limit will be available on GSM network of Tata DoCoMo.”
After the 600 minutes of free calls are expired each month, charges will be 1p per second.