Both companies are collaborating on a European trial of new
corporate mobile intranet products and services, with commercial
deployments planned for Spring 2001.
Trial users will be able to use familiar Microsoft Outlook
functionality to send and receive e-mail from a range of mobile
devices, as well as access, in real-time, their Microsoft
Exchange-based calendar, contacts, personalised internet content
and on-line information services.
"This partnership unites Vodafone's leading position as the
world's largest mobile telecommunications company, with Microsoft's
global expertise in software application development," said Peter
Bamford, Chief Executive, Vodafone UK. "Bringing additional
functionality to mobile devices further enhances Vodafone's
capabilities in the corporate market, as more workforces conduct
their business away from the traditional office."
