With BBM Protected now available, the plans to monetize the service and BBM as a whole are starting to show. The folks over at BB10.ch have obtained the sign up documents for BBM Protected showing that BES 5 and BES 10 users are getting a free 30 day trial of the BBM Protected valid only between July 30 and October 31, 2014.
The sign up process is all rather easy but the monetization part comes in when the free trial is over. According to the Terms and Conditions, after the free trial is up customers who wish to continue using the service will be charged $29.99 USD per user per year (plus applicable taxes) for all users active sixty days from the Start Date. A plan that was also confirmed by BlackBerry India's MD, Sunil Lalwani previously.
Via: BerryReview
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