Blackberry® Bold 9780 is on fire!

Blackberry® Bold 9780 is on fire!

Celcom,the first telco in Malaysia to ignite the new smartphone.

Celcom Axiata Berhad [formerly known as Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad], the most experienced and leading mobile telecommunications service provider in the country, is proud to be the first telco in Malaysia to launch the BlackBerry® Bold 9780 last weekend during the GoMobile Expo 2010 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. The BlackBerry® Bold 9780 smartphone, retailing at RM1,888 will be available nationwide from today onwards at all participating Blue Cube outlets.

Now Celcom customers are amongst the first to enjoy this new BlackBerry® Bold 9780 smartphone that gives to the customers the boldest BlackBerry® experience yet. This new addition features the latest BlackBerry® 6 Operating System, improved flash memory of 512 MB and a 5.0 Mega Pixel camera.

Dato’ Sri Shazalli Ramly, Chief Executive Officer of Celcom.

Dato’ Sri Shazalli Ramly, Chief Executive Officer of Celcom said, “As the BlackBerry® market leader in Malaysia, Celcom is constantly introducing new and exciting products to ensure our customers can enjoy the mobility and connectivity benefits of BlackBerry® smartphones. Besides continuing to deliver high quality products and services, we are also placing significant focus in managing customer satisfaction by expanding the BlackBerry® experience from corporate customers to the mass market.”

“People now view telecommunications as an integral part of their lifestyle to stay connected. With our affordable data packages combined with our mobile network’s strong and stable performance; we are certain that both our mass and corporate customers will benefit from the exciting BlackBerry® experience with us,” Dato’ Sri Shazalli added.
Celcom Plans for the New BlackBerry® Bold 9780 Smartphone

As with previous BlackBerry® devices, the BlackBerry® Bold 9780 is bundled together with a range of cost-effective postpaid data plans, catering to the different needs of Celcom’s diverse customer base.

“Our Biz and Exec BlackBerry® plans are the best in the market to complement this latest BlackBerry® device. Supported by our superior network, wide and stable coverage, our plans are flexible and suit the behaviour of BlackBerry® users in general, enabling them to enjoy affordable and reliable voice, email, integrated access to BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM), various Instant Messaging applications and social networking, anytime and anywhere. Now, they also get to enjoy faster and richer browsing experience with the outstanding BlackBerry 6 Operating System,” added Dato’ Sri Shazalli.

To celebrate the launch of the BlackBerry® Bold 9780, Celcom had tailored several special offers exclusively for its customers. Under the Celcom Exec plans catering to the mass market, for a monthly commitment of RM250, customers will save RM700 and get to purchase the phone at RM1,188 instead of its normal price RM1,888. Meanwhile, for those who opt for a monthly commitment of RM148 or RM118, they will get the device at only RM1,388 and RM1,488 respectively. And that’s not all! New sign-ups and existing customers of Celcom Exec postpaid plans with usage of RM99 and above will be awarded with FREE calls to all Celcom numbers plus FREE Internet usage from Friday to Sunday under its recently launched “I Love Weekends” campaign. This campaign ends on 31 March 2011.

For Celcom’s corporate clients, there are various packages tailored especially to meet their myriad needs ranging from usage patterns to their individual unique lifestyle. Specifically for this segment, the BlackBerry® Bold 9780 is available from as low as RM1,188 with a monthly commitment of RM188 only.

For more information on the attractive BlackBerry® Bold 9780 packages, please visit http://www.celcom.com.my.