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News
Issue #2002 - 03 (January 2002)
(Updated Jan.
23, 2002)
INFRASTRUCTURE, PRODUCTS & SERVICES
mmO2 and Microsoft to Launch
Mobile Data Services for Business
British telecom mmO2 and
American software giant Microsoft said they plan to offer a package
of wireless high-speed data services to the corporate sector.
mmO2 will use Microsoft Mobile Information Server 2002 Enterprise
Edition, Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers, and Microsoft Windows
2002 Server to deliver services to mobile devices across Europe.
Mobile professionals using any one of a host of mobile data
devices from a laptop to a smartphone over mmO2’s networks can
expect secure access to their corporate intranet, the Internet,
Microsoft Exchange data, including e-mail, contacts and calendar
information, and virtual private networks.
As mobile data products and services continue to grow, mmO2
expects the percentage of revenue from data to reach 30 percent
within three years, up from the current 10 percent, said Peter
Erskine, chief executive of mmO2.
This announcement strengthens mmO2’s commitment to offering
business users the widest range of mobile products and services,
including its most recent addition the O2 XDA, a PocketPC 2002-based
smartphone with integrated mobile phone and data applications.
For more information: http://www.mmo2.com
Mobileinfo Comments & Advisory: This
is a good partnership between mmO2 and Microsoft. Microsoft's Mobile
Information Server needs customers to validate its decision to pull away
from Wireless Knowledge. However, we feel that mmO2 will soon find that
selling a bundled service like this is a systems integration and
business function delivery exercise. You need consulting resources as
core to this delivery. We are suggesting that it should hire somebody
from the big five consulting firms to head this one.
Note: This news release may contain
forward-looking statements. Readers should take appropriate caution in
developing plans utilizing these products, services and technology
architectures. All trademarks used in this summary are
the property of their respective owners.
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