With the deployment of Smartner Duality Always-on Mail solution, MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) is the first operator in the Middle East region to bring true push solution to its individual, small business and corporate customers.
Push e-Mail is a service that allows MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain)'s customers to send and receive their e-Mails from their handsets devices. The new solution pushes new e-Mails automatically to mobile devices. No user interaction is required.
"To further emphasize our leadership position in introducing the latest in wireless and mobile technology to our residential and corporate customers in Bahrain, we are very excited to be the first operator in the Middle East to provide our customers with push e-Mail service and help them migrate to the new era in mobile technology", said Khalid Muhtadi, Chief Operations Officer - IT and Customer Services at MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain). "We have very smart customers in Bahrain and thus there is a lot of interest in the market for mobile e-Mail solutions. Smartner was our solution provider of choice because its advanced handset, rich in features, simple to deploy, and meets our strict security requirements," he added.
"We are happy to enter the Middle East market with such an innovative mobile operator. By choosing Smartner as the mobile e-Mail provider, MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) has strengthened our position as the leading provider of mobile e-Mail for standard devices", said Paul Hedman, Chief Executive Officer of Smartner. "Our solution works in all language environments ranging from Arabic to Russian and Chinese in addition to European languages. This makes our solution perfect for MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) and MTC Group with a multicultural customer base including local and international business travelers and residential users. At the time when many companies speak a lot about their forthcoming functionalities, we are proud to deliver and ship the best functionality and widest offering when it comes to push-based mobile office solutions."
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MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) awards Smartner Mobile e-Mail deal
- Bahrain: Tuesday, March 08 - 2005 at 10:59
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MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) has chosen Smartner Information Systems to bring the leading edge mobile office solution to the enterprise and residential market in Bahrain.
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About Smartner
Smartner delivers solutions that mobilise your desktop. Gaining a market leading position in Europe, Smartner offers an open standards solution for always-on mobile email to large, middle size and small enterprises as well as individual users. Over 50 000 customers in several hundred enterprises now relay on Smartner's mobile solutions to increase their productivity and customer responsiveness. Our goal is to further expand the range and possibility of mobile communications across the globe with intelligent and user-friendly solutions. Smartner has licensed its solutions to a number of service providers including Radiolinja, O2, Telefonica Móviles España, Manx Telecom, Sony Ericsson, E-Plus, Starhub, Swisscom Mobile, DNA Finland and Fujitsu among others. For details, see: www.smartner.com.
About MTC Vodafone
MTC-Vodafone comes as a result of a Network Partner Agreement between the Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC), a GCC regional company, borne in Kuwait and Vodafone, a global company based in the UK. MTC-Vodafone, having been as chosen by Bahrain's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority to develop the 2nd GSM service, launched its services on December 28th, 2003.
Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) was founded in 1983 and is perhaps one of the oldest mobile service providers in the world. MTC has a reputation for pioneering new services in the Middle East and constantly seeks to forge partnerships with key global companies to bring the best products and services to the region. MTC is considered to be a very successful, customer focused and ambitious company and has aspirations that fit with the Vodafone strategy for global customer services.
ABOUT MTC Group:
Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) was founded in 1983 and is the largest mobile operator in Kuwait with over 2.5 million customers across the region in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon. MTC is listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange and has achieved a sound reputation for high level of business successes, often exceeding investor's expectations.
In September 2002, MTC entered into a Partner Network Agreement with Vodafone, the world's leading mobile community. The agreement was the first of its kind in the Middle East and has been followed with an agreement in Bahrain. MTC-Vodafone Bahrain was launched on 15th December with the official ceremony taking place on 28th December 2003.
The MTC Group now operates in five countries. In Kuwait and Bahrain the company is known as MTC-Vodafone and in Jordan as Fastlink. 2004 has seen significant developments in the company's desire to become an internationally recognized regional company with the launch of the Atheer service in Iraq and the decision by the Government of Lebanon to handover the management of LibanCell to the MTC Group. MTC is looking to expand internationally and eventually globally through acquisitions, partnerships and green-field opportunities.
Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News EditorTuesday, March 08 - 2005 at 10:59 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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