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BlackBerry to Go to China

Like many U.S. electronics makers, Research In Motion has had its eyes set on China's massive market for digital devices. Now, through a deal with Hong Kong-based Digital China Holdings Limited, the BlackBerry maker could get its wish.

The two companies today announced a distribution deal under which Digital China -- a unit of Lenovo parent Legend Holdings -- would distribute RIM's (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerry devices in China, using its nationwide distribution network.

Up for grabs is a share of the country's staggering electronics market, with more than 710 million mobile users alone, according to statistics released in October by China's Ministry of Industry and Information. Now Digital China, a major IT services provider and distributor, is aiming to deliver a chunk of the nation's wireless consumers and businesses to RIM.

Get the full story here at InternetNews.com.

BlackBerry to Go to China