| A | BlackBerry is the best on-the-go, all-in-one mobile email and voice solution. A network-based application pushes your emails to your wireless Blackberry®™ device via GPRS. The Blackberry®™ device also features personal information management tools and a QWERTY keyboard, as well as longer battery life, ensuring ease of use and productivity.
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| A | There are 2 BlackBerry®™ solutions:
For those using a hosted mail solution such as MWeb, BlackBerry®™ Internet Server (BIS) is an internet-based email interface that allows you to:
Get hosted mail pushed to the BlackBerry®™ device.
Get an MTN BlackBerry®™ e-mail address.
Set up 10 email accounts to work with the handheld e.g. Hotmail, Webmail, MSN, AOL and Microsoft Outlook.
Access multiple email accounts from a single wireless handheld.
Create and access a list of address book contacts.
Configure email filters.
Modify account preferences.
For companies with their own mail infrastructure, BlackBerry®™ Enterprise Server (BES) works with Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino or Novell GroupWise corporate email servers to:
Push company-specific information like e-mail, calendar, contacts and tasks to the employee’s BlackBerry®™ device.
Apply filters (defined by the user or administrator) to determine if and how the BlackBerry®™ service should redirect new messages to the user’s handheld.
Provide secure access to the corporate network resources such as back-office applications.
Synchronise the BlackBerry®™ device with the company’s mail server with no user interventions such as dialling up.
Manage data requests and calendar items from the handheld
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| A | BlackBerry is the best on-the-go, all-in-one mobile email and voice solution.
Freedom While on the go, BlackBerry®™ is a wireless connection to work and home – keeping you in the loop, not chained to your desk. It’s your phone, your organizer, your inbox, your browser – it’s all you need to take with you.
Easy to use The QWERTY keyboard and track wheel are so familiar you can send email as easily as you would on your PC. The sleek, lightweight design means you can carry BlackBerry®™ anywhere and, with a superior battery life, BlackBerry®™ lets you do business longer.
Peace of mind By using “push” technology, email is automatically sent to your BlackBerry®™ handheld. There is no need to pull email – your email will find you.
In Sync BlackBerry®™ is compatible with popular PC organizer and scheduling software. You can synchronize your handheld with your PC and combine all your calendars into one that is reliable and mobile.
Integration You can phone, email or SMS a contact from a single integrated address book. Simply click your contact and choose what you want to do. You can even compose an email while you’re on the phone. As soon as you’re off the phone, your handheld will send it for you.
Resilience BlackBerry®™ is a durable product that is designed to last.
How much does BlackBerry®™ from MTN product cost?
BIS PricingIn order to get the BIS service, you need to subscribe to the BlackBerry Information Service Fee (BISF). Once subscribed you have full access to the service listed above.
BISF is a monthly cost that is added to the cost of your existing price plan. The cost for BISF is determined by the price plan to which the BlackBerry service is loaded.
For MyCall 100 users, BISF is R179.00. For users of MyChoice 150, MyChoice 300,Value 705, Business Time, ProCall120, Procall 220, ProCall 300, ProCall 600, and ProCall 1000, BISF is R159.00.
BIS is not available on other price plans.
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Devices may be purchased upfront
Devices will be available at no additional cost on most of the price plans listed above at the time of taking out a new contract or upgrading an existing contract.
BlackBerry Handset Product – This optional monthly subscription may be chosen for the subscriber who would like a BlackBerry device, but cannot afford the upfront cost of the device. A cost of R99 per month for 24 months is added on top of the normal subscription and the BISF. |
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| A | Yes, under condition that there is an MTN GPRS Roaming Agreement in place.
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| A | If you have a 32k SIM, no
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| A | Proprietary encryption between the server and the Blackberry®™ handheld device ensures a secure and efficient service that integrates with existing corporate email accounts.
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| A | Yes, as long as your Service Provider has configured your account correctly.
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| A | Possibly, but this would not be ideal. When you install your first BES you pay an “activation/installation fee” and a “license fee”. Every time you need to add additional licenses you would simply buy more licenses. So you don’t need to do another activation or installation, you simply buy more licenses for your existing BES.
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| A | No, the mail gets pushed to your device and it stays there. Same as when you check Outlook in the evening without connecting to the server. It is there, but if you connect a dial up then you will receive your new mail in the case of BlackBerry®™ you don’t need to connect a dial up...it is constantly dialled up
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| A | You can select the Address Book to sync with Outlook Express. There is no option to select Outlook Express for Calendar, Notes & Tasks.
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| A | Yes. SIM cards from MTN and VC can connect to a single company BES.
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| A | You can contact the BlackBerry support centre at blackberrysupport@mtn.co.za for more information.
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| A | Yes. Before you activate a new “subscriber” or user on a device you have to “wipe the handheld” of all data. Unless you clear the device you will always see the mail messages.
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| A | Java applications need to be compiled into COD and ALX files before they can be loaded on the handheld. Specifics on how to create Blackberry®™ compatible applications can be found here: http://www.blackberry.com/developers/index.shtml
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| A | BlackBerry® users will be able to roam using voice and GPRS. Tariffs are dependent on the roaming network. A voice-only roaming option is also available.
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| A | MTN has an in-house support team.
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| A | No. Enhanced Fax and Data is a CSD specific solution. BlackBerry®™ is a GPRS solution therefore it has no impact on Enhanced Fax and Data.
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| A | You are billed via the specific BlackBerry.net APN. All GPRS traffic through this APN will create records that equates to your bill. So up and down (send & receive) gets billed.
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