Bell Mobility and Wireless Knowledge Launch Mobile Browser for Mobile Workers; Canada's First Corporate E-Mail Solution on a Wireless Phone.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2000 Toronto-based Bell Mobility and Wireless Knowledge have teamed to offer Canadian businesses access to their corporate e-mail through Mobile Browser A mobile browser (earlier referred to as a microbrowser or minibrowser) is a web browser designed for use on a mobile device such as a mobile phone or PDA. Mobile browsers are optimised so as to display Web content most effectively for small screens on portable (TM), a Bell Mobility service that enables users to log onto the Internet from their Digital PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. phone. "Bell Mobility was the first company to put the wireless Internet in the hands of Canadian consumers," said Rob Bruce, senior vice president marketing at Bell Mobility. "Together with Wireless Knowledge we are now putting the wireless Internet to work for Canadian businesses." "Anytime, Anywhere" Access to Corporate E-mail Mobile Browser now enables users of Microsoft(R) Exchange to connect wirelessly to their corporate e-mail, calendar and contact information, marking the first time Canadians have been offered access to their corporate e-mail over a wireless phone. Effective immediately, Bell Mobility's Mobile Browser service provides access to Wireless Knowledge's Workstyle(TM) Server, a standalone, scalable server software that installs easily in enterprise networks to enable secure access to corporate data residing behind the firewall using wireless Internet-enabled devices. Wireless Knowledge's Workstyle Server gives mobile employees with Internet-enabled phones from Bell Mobility real-time, access to Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. information, including e-mail, calendar and contacts. Bell Mobility, Microsoft and Wireless Knowledge will work together to provide mobile solutions for future Microsoft Exchange upgrades. "Partnering with Wireless Knowledge greatly increases the functionality and choice that Bell Mobility is able to offer through Mobile Browser," added Bruce. "Combining their wireless e-mail solution with Canada's leading wireless Internet service enables our business customers to seamlessly access, manage and respond to their e-mail messages anytime, anywhere." Availability Workstyle is available today on Internet-enabled phones from Bell Mobility to the mobile workers of organizations with Microsoft Exchange that install the Workstyle Server software on their enterprise network. About Bell Mobility's Mobile Browser In May 1999, Bell Mobility launched Mobile Browser, making it the first PCS company in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. to put an Internet Browser See Web browser. into the PCS handset. Today, Mobile Browser users can access and view more than 40 Internet sites that have been specially adapted for small display screens. Bell Mobility's Mobile Browser service is available on the NeoPoint 1000, Qualcomm's QCP-2700F, QCP-2700 and QCP-2760, Samsung's SCH-3530, and Motorola's Digital StarTAC. Bell Mobility The Bell Mobility Inc. family of companies provides a complete range of wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. solutions -- cellular, paging, data, PCS and airline passenger communications services -- to 2.7 million Canadian customers. Bell Mobility Radio provides two-way voice and wireless data services to public safety and emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' agencies. Bell Mobility is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Bell Canada Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX: BCE, NYSE: BCE), legally BCE Inc., is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Through its subsidiaries including Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for . For more information on Bell Mobility, visit the Web site at http://www.bellmobility.ca Wireless Knowledge Wireless Knowledge Inc., a Microsoft and QUALCOMM company, delivers packaged products and comprehensive services to improve productivity, increase customer responsiveness, and enhance the bottom line. With our flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Workstyle Server, mobile workers can use the wireless Internet to gain instant, secure access to business critical information wherever and whenever they need it. Workstyle Server, is now in use by key enterprise customers including Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Cox Communications and Sprint PCS. Visit the company at www.wirelessknowledge.com. |
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