Etisalat, the Middle East’s leading telecommunications service provider and Research In Motion announced the launch of BlackBerry to customers in the United Arab Emirates. Etisalat will be the first service provider to introduce the BlackBerry wireless platform in the Middle East Gulf region. Etisalat will initially offer the BlackBerry 8700g and the BlackBerry 7290 handsets. These devices provide an intuitive user experience with support for email, phone, text messaging, Internet, organizer and corporate data applications. These quad-band devices operate on Etisalat’s GSM/GPRS network and, with Etisalat’s more than 100 global roaming relationships, in more than 40 countries.