BBRY News Univision Upgrades Entire Mobile Fleet

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Univision Upgrades Entire Mobile Fleet with 2,000 BlackBerry Q10 Smartphones
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BlackBerry(R) (NASDAQ:BBRY) (TSX:BB) and Univision Communications Inc. (UCI),
the leading media company serving Hispanic America, today announced that
Univision has purchased 2,000 BlackBerry(R) Q10 smartphones to upgrade all
corporate issued BlackBerry smartphones. In addition to upgrading their entire
mobile fleet, Univision is offering new BlackBerry(R) 10 apps on the
BlackBerry(R) World(TM) storefront.

Univision has more than 60 local broadcast TV stations and nearly 70 radio
stations, and uses BlackBerry as the backbone of their enterprise mobility and
app development roadmap. When evaluating the latest smartphones available in
today's competitive marketplace, Univision chose to invest in BlackBerry because
of the clear enterprise-ready benefits, including security, user experience and
total cost of ownership.

"The new BlackBerry 10 operating system is an enterprise-friendly and
enterprise-ready platform for getting things done," said Univision CIO
Christopher Furst. "BlackBerry has listened to the functionality we have asked
for and continues to develop products that enable Univision to support employees
working remotely."

With BlackBerry Q10 smartphones, Univision employees have the classic BlackBerry
QWERTY keyboard, re-engineered with predictive typing that's paired with a
touchscreen display. Employees are able to continue to be efficient in the
workplace no matter where they are with features such as super-fast browsing
speeds and Documents To Go that enable customers to update charts in
spreadsheets, make last minute edits to documents and give interactive
presentations. BlackBerry(R) Balance(TM) also enables employees to access both
personal and work data, without compromising security.

"At BlackBerry, our goal is to arm enterprise customers such as Univision with a
mobile platform that keeps them moving and connected to their business," said
Stephen Bates, Senior Vice President of Global Enterprise Accounts at
BlackBerry. "Univision has an international, fast-paced workforce and that's why
they chose BlackBerry 10 as their mobile device platform. The BlackBerry Q10
smartphone's advanced hardware, communications and multimedia features, along
with long battery life, means employees can confidently stay ahead and take
action all day long."

Univision's BlackBerry 10 App Offering

The desire for culturally relevant digital video for Hispanics is at its peak as
more than 75 percent of the U.S. Hispanic population own a smartphone and
consumption of online video has soared 282 percent over the last five years.
Through the UVideos app offering on BlackBerry World, customers can now enjoy
thousands of hours of the most popular content among Hispanics in both Spanish
and English on BlackBerry 10 smartphones.