WATERLOO, Ontario—The BlackBerry is going to Asia under a deal between the maker of the wireless e-mail and mobile-phone device, Research In Motion Ltd., and Hong Kong wireless carrier Hutchison Telecommunications.
Hutchison Telecom, which sports 1.7 million customers, will sell the device running over its GSM/GPRS network and marketed under the Orange brand name.
Hutchison is just the latest in a long line of worldwide carriers that have partnered with RIM to sell the device. AT&T Wireless, VoiceStream, MmO2, Nextel, Rogers AT&T Wireless and T-Mobile are among the major carriers that will sell the BlackBerry.
