Rsearch in Motion, the Canada-based makers of the BlackBerry, say they already have advance orders for 5,000 of the devices
“We're excited to move forward to deliver BlackBerry to corporate customers in key cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, where there's strong interest in the BlackBerry solution,” RIM co-chief executive Jim Balsillie is quoted saying on wire services.
And the Canadian Globe and Mail newspaper quotes a manager at RIM’s Beijing office saying the company expects to start selling its BlackBerry units in China by the end of the month.
The company had needed central approval from Chinese regulators nervous that the mail network for the global BlackBerry service was hosted offshore in Canada.
Global BlackBerry subscriber numbers have surged in the past year. And the company share price shot up more than 25 per cent after the company announced its first quarter earnings had jumped 75 per cent.
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