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SBC bundles in BlackBerrys

The Baby Bell is selling the pagers as part of a bundle for businesses.

Ben Charny Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Ben Charny
covers Net telephony and the cellular industry.
Ben Charny

SBC Communications on Tuesday began selling BlackBerry pagers for the first time, in a bundle of discounted office phone, fax and Cingular Wireless cell phone services tilted at businesses, a representative for the local phone company said. BlackBerrys with black-and-white screens cost $250, while the color versions are $350, the representative said.

SBC also said that its package of wireless and wire-line services later this year will include services such as Cingular's wireless Internet, SBC PremierSERV Network-Based VPN (virtual private network) and SBC FreedomLink Wi-Fi.