BlackBerry News From The Wire for the Week of 10/5/2009

There’s plenty of news this week about new BlackBerry devices, but to kick things off I want to highlight a story that seemed small at first, but grew as word spread throughout the week. T-Mobile has agreed to carry BlackBerry Mobile Voice Systems , a two-year-old platform that allows companies to reroute desk calls to a user’s BlackBerry. This ties in with T-Mobile’s @ Home service , which allows customers to make unlimited calls over a Wi-Fi network, without using any plan minutes. Combined, it means employees can receive calls whether at work or on the road, and if they are in a Wi-Fi hotspot will not be billed for the minutes used. That diagram pretty clearly lays out the scheme. One cool aspect: not only will users be able to receive calls from their work desk phone, but they can also place calls using that number.

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BlackBerry News From The Wire for the Week of 10/5/2009