Bucharest, Amman and Waterloo, ON – Zain in Jordan, part of the Zain group, the leading mobile telecommunications provider in the Middle East and Africa, and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM: TSX: RIM) launched the Wi-Fi®-enabled BlackBerry® Curve™ 8320 smartphone in Jordan.

The BlackBerry Curve 8320, with its elegant design and powerful mix of features, includes RIM’s smallest full-QWERTY BlackBerry smartphone design and comes in a stylish, liquid silver finish. It also features a two megapixel camera, a music and video player, a 3.5mm stereo headset jack and a microSD card slot for expandable memory storage.

The quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE -enabled BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone is used for staying close to friends and family as it is for a busy day at work and includes renowned BlackBerry smartphone features such as push-email, phone, web browser, text messaging, MMS, Instant Messaging (IM), organiser applications and more. Through its built-in Wi-Fi, the BlackBerry Curve 8320 can also gain extended data coverage over corporate campus Wi-Fi networks, home networks and hotspots, with the ability to seamlessly switch between Wi-Fi and GSM data networks.

Zain was the first mobile operator to introduce the BlackBerry service in Jordan in February 2007. The service was launched in cooperation with RIM, the Canadian company behind the BlackBerry wireless solution, and Emitac Mobile Solutions (EMS), a Dubai based mobile solutions and service provider. The company has also received the RIM Award of Excellence for its speed and skills in implementing the BlackBerry solution in Jordan. The award was presented to Zain's CEO Saad Nasir during the third 3GSM World Congress 2007 in Barcelona.