RIM also plans to launch CDMA variants of its handsets soon.
RIM has announced price cuts of up to 26% for its handset segment in India. The BlackBerry Curve 8520 is now available at Rs 9000 (18% cut over Rs 11,000), Torch 9860at Rs 22,000 (26% cut on Rs 30,000), Curve 9380 at Rs 17,000 (originally Rs 21,000), and Curve 9360 at Rs 19,000 (originally Rs 20,000). The company aims to tap a wider base of the large smartphone market in India, and introducing price cuts is one of the main policies it is going to implement, says RIM India MD Sunil Dutt. This is in trend with the recently announced price cuts for its PlayBooktablets.