BlackBerry to be catalyst for India's progress, says co-CEO

By Gurmukh Singh. Ontario, Canada, 03:00 PM IST BlackBerry will be a major tool in India's quest to become a developed nation by 2020, according to a top official at the maker of the device Research in Motion (RIM). 'BlackBerry could be a great platform for India's 2020 vision of development - something RIM is currently cooperating with the Indian government on,' RIM's co-CEO Jim Balsillie said in his address at the Canada-India Business Council (C-IBC) Diwali dinner here Tuesday night. He said Blackberry has already become an 'essential tool for the rapidly growing business people in India's world-class industry'. Balsillie said BlackBerry already has five carriers in India - Bharati Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance, BPL and Tata Communications - and that it would soon add two more carriers. 'We have opened a new office in Mumbai... [read full story]