
Cbeyond and Research In Motion introduced the BlackBerry wireless platform together with Cbeyond’s BeyondMobile service. BlackBerry enables Cbeyond subscribers to easily access email, phone, text messaging, Internet, organizer and other data applications from a single, integrated device. By using BlackBerry to wirelessly access business applications, Cbeyond customers will be able to increase productivity and effectiveness for individuals and workgroups. The BlackBerry solution, including the CDMA-based BlackBerry 7250, is now offered in conjunction with Cbeyond’s BeyondMobile service. Cbeyond is offering BeyondMobile as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator, but with a different approach to bundling and billing voice calling minutes. Because Cbeyond offers landline, Internet and mobile services, it bundles all long distance, toll-free and mobile minutes together. Cbeyond’s small business customers can apply any unused long distance and toll free minutes to their mobile service and vice versa for free. The sharing of minutes is seamless and requires no intervention from the business owner. Cbeyond also lets small businesses pool all mobile minutes across employees so there’s no need to juggle different rate plans.