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Quick Start Guide for BlackBerry

This guide provides you easy step-by-step instructions to help you get started with

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Enterprise.

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Secure calls

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with 
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Calling with

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is  is a very easy task. You can both use your contact list or directly dial a number using the dialpad.

 

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To make a secure call, you and the called party must have

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software running on the mobile device, be connected to the Internet and to the same
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server.

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Calling by contact list

Select Contacts item from the main view, select on the contact you want to call and select the contact number associated with
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, then press the "Call" button:
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As you can see in 

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 each contact can show a coloured ball at its left, or nothing at all. These are status marker and they represent the Presence Status for each contact.

Presence

The Presence avoid users to call contacts who are not reachable, eg: because they do not have

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activated and/or connected. The main value of this feature is to improve user experience suggesting the possible outcome of a call.

Contacts lists

Starting with the present version, there are three

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 gives you access to three different kind of lists:
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  • ALL: it lists all the contacts which are in the mobile address book, ordering them in the very same way.
  • KNOWN: it shows only known contacts (registered or not) according to
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    's knowledge. This means it is a list of the contacts that are recognised by the server and thus can have a status.
  • FAVOURITES: it reads the contacts marked by you as "
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favorites
  •  favorites". It's a selection of contacts you choose to have apart, in order to make speed calls.
Each list may show a Contact status beside each contact. The contact status legenda is shown below:

Contact status

Image ModifiedOnlineThe contact is reachable. You can make a secure call to the user.
Image ModifiedOfflineThe contact is not reachable, because is not under network coverage or is offline. You can try to make a secure call but the call will likely fail
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The contact is not reachable using a full secure call, but you can call him using

the unsecure

one Sip Trunk configured on your server. 

Image ModifiedErrorThere is a comunication error between your phone and the server. The contact status is unknown, anyway you can try to make a secure call

 

Calling by keyboard

You can make a secure call to any arbitrary number (presuming that the call peer has

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connected connected) by simply entering the number on
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main  main menu and pressing the dial button (the one shown in
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)

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Receiving a secure call

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with 
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 Once

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is  is installed and all the settings are correctly configured on your device, you are able to receive a secure call.  
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displays  displays a screen when an incoming secure call is arrives to your phone. Press the the Accept (green) button to allow the connection. After the system have exchanged and verified the security keys the you can start the conversation.

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To receive a secure call

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has to be running and be connected to the Internet.

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Call status

To establish a call

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completes  completes three phases shown by three icons:

Call status icons

Red light

Starting the connection

Connection not yet established. This step may take several seconds

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Green light

Secure call established

Connection established and secure. You can now speak securely

Checking your security

A

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call is always encrypted. The call is automatically secured during the call setup. As soon as the call is established you can immediately start to talk securely with your call peer.

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History

Every event performed or received on your

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is  is listed into the "History" view, which can be displayed by selecting "HistoryRecent" item in the Main view.

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Events are displayed grouped on the account they are related to. So you'll have one line for each account who left a communication event into your "History". 

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You can access event's details by selecting the line you're interested into and pressing the central key (the one shown in

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) . An example of a detailed event related to Mr. Adelio Rezzonico is shown in 
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)

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Secure Messages

You can communicate with your peers by text messages using the Secure Messages System which provides Secure MessagesSecure Message is  is a text message that travels into the same encrypted architecture of the Secure Call. 

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The maximum length of a single message is 160 character

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Secure Messages rely Secure Messages rely on the very same security infrastructure the voice calls do. Plus for security each Secure Message is blanked 15 minutes after it's been read or sent.

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Warning

Secure Message System need specific abilitation. If the service is not available on your device please contact your support team to check it's enabled on your account.

Sending Secure Messages from "

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Recent"

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tab

Secure Messages are available via "History" view, specifically from the detailed view: 

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SubtitleTexttype a new Secure Message
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As you can see in 

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: you can type Secure Messages and send them to your party by pressing enter button (cfr. 
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).

Sending Secure Messages from "Contacts" tab

Secure Messages are also available from "Contacts" viewtab

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You have to select an account from the list shown in 

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 and show its details by clicking on the blue icon displayed on its right side. Then you get a view like in 
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. 

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Once you select the desired phone number of the account you want to send Secure Messages to, then you get the view shown in in 

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 from where you can type your message. 

Secure Messages status icons and known limitations

Each Secure Message is displayed with an icon showing its status. Most important icons are:

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Sending Message

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