Telefonica Moviles Espana(TME) and Research In Motion (RIM) announced an agreement to sell the BlackBerry solution to enterprise customers in Spain. As a result of this agreement, Telefonica Moviles becomes the first operator to sell BlackBerry in Spain.

BlackBerry handhelds in Spain are slated to carry Telefonica MoviStar SIM cards and feature a built-in phone, with short text messaging and personal organizer functions. The overall solution also includes BlackBerry Enterprise Server software, installed alongside the company email.

Telefonica Moviles views the agreement as the completion of the range of data services it offers its corporate customers under the Oficin@ MoviStar umbrella. Luis Ezcurra, Services Development General Manager of Telefonica Moviles said, "With this agreement we strengthen our corporate data services portfolio based on GPRS technology under the Oficin@ MoviStar brand. We also begin a technical and commercial relationship with RIM, a leader in wireless solutions for enterprises."

BlackBerry supports Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino corporate email systems and provides business users with 'always on' single-mailbox integration with their email inbox and calendar. Emails and calendar appointments are 'pushed' directly to and from the user's BlackBerry Wireless Handheld.