[Acumenight]

Just caught wind that Intact, a big insurance company, are upgrading to BB10 across the board!

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[abwan11]

They have about 10000 employees, I wonder how many are issued phones?

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[SK122387]

Yesterday Univision, today ING Direct.

Do you know how many devices they'll be deploying?

[dusdal]

Hate to be that guy, but source?

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[jonty12]

Hate to be that guy, but source?

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not so far fetched, considering the past ING/BB relationship... CrackBerry Live: We talk BlackBerry with ING DIRECT Canada | CrackBerry.com for example

[the_game969]

Keep selling them! Sell! Sell! Sell! BlackBerry shall rule the corporate world!

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[amazinglygraceless]

Where are you getting this from because the last thing I saw about this was a while ago and for a relatively small number.

BlackBerry Live 2013: ING Direct pilots BB10 devices and BES10 for management

Online bank ING Direct is piloting BlackBerry’s BB10 operating system on 300 Z10 and Q10 smartphones, along with BlackBerry Enterprise Server 10 (BES10) to manage its fleet of mobile devices.

Speaking at the BlackBerry Live event in Florida, ING Direct CIO Charaka Kithulegoda said the pilot is proving successful so far, and is likely to be rolled out in the next month.


ING Direct, which was started in Canada in 1997, has no branches – it communicates with its customers only through online channels, call centres and mobile services.

This business model has allowed the bank to lead the way in many areas of banking technology. ING was the first Canadian bank to offer BlackBerry and iPhone apps in 2009, and it took at least nine months for its competitors to catch up, according to Kithulegoda.

“We were the first bank in North America to offer a banking app on the Z10 platform and the only bank in the world to have an application on the Q10. We are one of the very few banks in the world to support all the major platforms,” he said.

“Mobility was a natural extension for us. We’re not looking at it for the latest technology fad or doing it because everyone else is, we’re looking at it purely from a customer standpoint,” said Kithulegoda. “Where do our customers want us to be and how do our customers want to interact with us?"

He said that while the bank offers a “fantastic" website and call centre service, it recognises that its customers do not do their banking on their home PCs or during breaks at work, they are doing it on the move – while walking to the station or popping out to get lunch.

BlackBerry handsets get thumbs up from ING staff

With fewer than 1,000 employees, the pilot of 300 handsets is a large number for the bank. “We are piloting the Z10 [touch device] and Q10 [QWERTY keyboard]. There are a few people in the company who absolutely want the keyboard, so we support both devices,” he said.

[Acumenight]

Source is a mid management guy that works there.

I'm not sure how many, not huge I doubt. However, the face of the company - management and business development personnel will all be running with one, helping spread the bb10 image positively. Also, word of mouth from this type of user will go a long way.

By no means is this a huge victory, but rather a step in the right direction.

Enough steps in the right direction will get BB10 back to being THE corporate phone.

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[imcurved]

If it were for just the executives then the number would be insignificant; however, if it is indeed for mid management, then the number could be in hundreds. Maybe?

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[the_igg]

Yeah these guys have a good relationship with BlackBerry. They have a native app and even a verified BBM channel.

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[Mr.mister]

They have about 10000 employees, I wonder how many are issued phones?

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They are issue...

OVER 9000!!!!11

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[amazinglygraceless]

They are issue...

OVER 9000!!!!11

INTACT (ING Direct-Canada) has only about 1,000 employees so it's OVER 900!!!!!11