BlackBerry, T-Mobile partner to meet business professionals' needs

It begins by bringing together the productivity and security of the BlackBerry Classic and T-Mobile's Un-carrier for Business initiative. Now, whether users are downloading tomorrow's big presentation or video conferencing with colleagues on Skype, only the Un-carrier serves up the BlackBerry Classic on America's fastest nationwide 4G LTE network, giving US business customers and today's data-hungry mobile professionals the wireless experience they've been asking for.

"People who love BlackBerry smartphones and want to use one on America's fastest nationwide 4G LTE network now have that choice," said John Legere, president and CEO of T-Mobile. "Bringing BlackBerry into our device line-up now also stokes Un-carrier 9.0, which is all about bringing the Un-carrier revolution to business."

"BlackBerry is proud to partner with T-Mobile once again to offer the world's most secure and reliable mobile products and services that encourage productivity - whether they are individual users making the most of their day with the BlackBerry Classic, or an enterprise seeking to manage thousands of devices," said John Chen, BlackBerry Executive Chairman and CEO. "Together, we hope to deliver highly differentiated solutions that appeal to our mutual users: the power professionals who depend on their smartphones to get things done and make things happen."

The BlackBerry Classic is built to meet the needs of productive people who appreciate the speed and accuracy that can be found with a physical QWERTY keyboard and features such as a fast browser and up to 22 hours of battery power.