Spice Telecom Selects Ericsson for Push Email Service in India

Ericsson announced that it has received a contract from the Indian telecom operator, Spice Telecom, to provide push email and personal information management services via its hosted enterprise solution.

The push email solution provides users with easy-to-use secure, real-time access to email and personal information via a wide variety of mobile devices. It enables quick and easy access to emails, contacts and calendar functions while on the move.

Emails are delivered wirelessly in real-time and all activities, such as writing, deleting or sending messages, are instantaneously reflected in the subscriber's account. Installation and maintenance of the email solution are designed to be as simple and straightforward as possible, offering low total cost of ownership.

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

Prakash Nanani, CEO, Spice Telecom, said, "Spice believes in launching cutting edge mobile applications and Spice Push mail service is another such service. We are proud to offer push email to our customers, enabling them to have full control over their email, whether in the office or on the move. This service will enable the consumer to access an email solution that is useful, fast, secure, simple and cost-efficient."

"What is more is that customers don't need to have any particular handset, as the service is not handset dependent, and shall work on most handsets that support GPRS. We expect this to help Spice to broad base the reach of email service to the masses," added Nanani.

Mats Granryd, Managing Director, Ericsson India, said, "Operators are increasingly positioning mobile push email 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."