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Hutch brings email
 Hutch,
one of India's leading pure play cellular service providers, and Microsoft,
the world's leading software provider, have launched 'Microsoft OutlookTM on
Hutch', a service that allows Hutch users to access their office emails on
their mobile
phones. The service, a unique corporate solution developed jointly by Hutch
& Microsoft,
enables access to corporate emails
using using either SMS
or GPRS service.
Hutch
subscribers can read, download, edit and send Microsoft OutlookTM emails with Microsoft
WordTM, ExcelTM or Power PointTM attachments, using their Hutch GPRS handsets.
All Hutch
users can receive SMS
alerts informing them about new email
in their corporate mail box and can read the entire mail on their mobile
phones. The 'Microsoft OutlookTM on Hutch'
service is secure and accessible even when the user is roaming and the service
is the result of a partnership betveen Hutch and Microsoft for co-development
of corporate solutions for mobile users, said Samuel Selvakumar, CEO, Hutch
South.
"This brings to the mass
business market the two great leaps of communication - business emai1 and mobile
telephony. Now for the first times, business users can manage their emails
with a wide range of handsets - not a service reserved for the elite," he
added.
 The
Outlook on Hutch
service offers a powerful new tool to corporate users - allowing them to use a
single device to communicate & stay connected, says Selvakumar. Customers
are able to get these benefits because of the deep integration between Microsoft
products. Microsoft provides offerings that span the entire range of
corporate needs -from the data center to a mobile
device.
Added Samuel Selvakumar,
"We have always worked with leading international partners to develop
innovative services for our users. We are happy to be working with Microsoft
for bringing corporate solutions that help improve our subscribers'
productivity."
The
'Microsoft OutlookTM on Hutch' service can be quickly activated by setting an
option on the user's corporate mail
server (Microsoft Exchange 2000 / 2003), which allows a copy of office
mails to be delivered to the user's Hutch phone.
Using this service, Hutch users can view emails over SMS
for a monthly fee of Rs. 49. The base service is available to Hutch GPRS users
at no extra cost. For those who choose to use the ActiveSync facility to
download, edit and send mail in MS WordTM, ExcelTM or Power PointTM formats, a
fee of Rs. 499 per month will be applicable.
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Published on 28th
May, 2004
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