SingTel to launch BlackBerry service for SMEs, retail users
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SINGAPORE : E-mail on the go for busy executives used to be the domain of large corporations; now, small and medium enterprises and just about anyone else can have it as well.
SingTel is its launching its BlackBerry Internet service targetted at SMEs and retail users next month.
The service operates on SingTel's GPRS data network to deliver e-mail automatically to users of the BlackBerry handheld.
They can access their e-mail messages from servers like Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino, and POP3-enabled ISP accounts.
The BlackBerry handheld that SingTel is selling also functions as a quad-band mobile phone and personal organiser, and offers wireless Internet access capabilities.
Mr Paul Kitchin, SingTel's vice president (consumer marketing), said that e-mail is one of the most preferred communications tools around today.
Increasingly, the demand is for access to e-mail, even when a user is away from his office or home PC.
"Most SMEs here often outsource their IT functions and they might not have the space or resources to put in an additional server to integrate with their corporate e-mail and have these pushed wirelessly to them. BlackBerry Internet Service from SingTel is thus a safe, efficient and convenient way for them to manage their e-mail on the go," Mr Kitchin said.
According to a recent survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit, e-mail is is the preferred mode of communication for conducting business.
A total of 84 percent of the survey respondents said that e-mail is the application they prefer when traveling on business. - CNA -
i can read all these for myself in cna, sti, zaobao and watever other news sites
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Originally posted by FireIce:i can read all these for myself in cna, sti, zaobao and watever other news sites
But why on earth not for residental????