RIM to put BlackBerry email on Siemens phones

Apr 02 2004 - 05:39 PM ET | Research In Motion, Siemens
Research In Motion today announced it inked a deal with Siemens to put its BlackBerry wireless email service on Siemens' phones. Look for a BlackBerry enabled phone from Siemens in Q4 2004. RIM has signed several of these deals, the first being with Nokia back in 2002. Earlier this year it was with Samsung, while in Q4 2003 it was Sony Ericsson. Shares of RIM closed up 9% after the news broke.