Ericsson To Host Push E-mail Service For Spice Telecom

Ericsson has been selected by Indian operator Spice Telecom to provide push e-mail and personal information management services via its hosted enterprise solution.

The push e-mail solution provides users with easy-to-use, secure, real-time access to e-mail and personal information via a wide variety of mobile devices.

Under the agreement, Ericsson will provide hosting, systems integration and day-to-day management of the service.

According to Prakash Nanani, CEO, Spice Telecom, " We are proud to offer push e-mail to our customers, enabling them to have full control over their e-mail, whether in the office or on the move. This service will enable the consumer to access an e-mail solution that is useful, fast, secure, simple and cost-efficient. We expect this to help Spice to broad base the reach of email service to the masses."

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Mats Granryd, MD, Ericsson India, believes, "Operators are increasingly positioning mobile push e-mail solutions beyond the professional segment, moving into the mass-consumer domain. Hosting is a proven business model that meets operators' growing needs to quickly and cost-efficiently launch new multimedia services for both business segment and the consumer."