Dell plans to switch 25,000 employees to its own line of smartphone, dumping BlackBerry maker Research In Motion in the process.

Speaking to the Wall Stret Journal, Dell CFO, Brian Gladden, said, “Clearly in this decision we are competing with RIM, because we're kicking them out.

The report says that Dell employees will get the Dell Venue Pro, which runs on the Windows Phone 7 software. Android phones are to be offered to company employees in the future.

Gladden expects the changeover to happen next week and save the company about 25% in mobile communication costs.

In the same report, RIM dismissed Dell's move as a publicity stunt.

"We find it highly unlikely that they will actually save any money with this move and far more likely they were looking for a little free publicity," said Mark Guibert, RIM's Senior VP of Corporate Marketing. "Consider all the hard and soft costs of purchasing, deploying and supporting new devices and new software inside a company."

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