China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) has been offering limited BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) devices and inspection and repair for about II days so far, before which consumers had to steal both from Hong Kong and roam, but selection is about to get a bit wagerer as RIM has struck a business deal with distributor Digital mainland China. While it doesn’t look like they manage much the retail social movement-remnant themselves (although they do supply stores in 19 cities across China), Digital China’s employment in IT infrastructure is likely a big office of RIM’s employment with them, even if it’s only in so far as doing BlackBerry Enterprise Server installations, or hosted BES. It’s tricky having a watchful governance like China’s allow all BlackBerry data tally off to RIM’s servers in Canada, and even after getting through the mess of red mag tape, that’s a long way to go, and could affect the end-substance abuser’s performance. Hopefully Digital mainland China tin can keep things nicely optimized, but a RIM VP mentioned awhile back about the opening of a Chinese mill… I curiosity if they would ever consider a a local information center there?
[via RIM]
