Wataniya Mobilize Corporate Email for Businesses

After launching products under the Wpro umbrella to their business customers, Wataniya Telecom currently taking the lead in introducing further innovative products to enhance their communication; the Nokia Mail for Exchange 1GB data bundle.

Wataniya and Nokia announced today a joint deal for business customers which will permit seamless access to their email accounts using Microsoft Exchange Server with Mail for Exchange corporate mobile email application, at a flat data rate. Corporate customers can benefit from a monthly mobile internet subscription from Wataniya at 11 KD per month for unlimited email and Internet access with a fair cap of 1GB; followed by a “pay-as-you-go” regular scheme.

Wataniya will also offer Nokia E72, Nokia E75, Nokia N97, and Nokia 6760 together with data package and technical support to enable business customers to have ultimate mobile email and internet experience. Moreover, Wataniya will offer up to 3 months free of data.

“Businesses today are looking for an affordable alternative to mobilize their emails. Most businesses however are not looking to purchase additional servers, middleware or licenses. With this competitive solution that we are offering, along with the Nokia’s easy email set-up, Wataniya is extending the convenience and productivity benefits of mobile email to an even wider audience,” said Scott Gegenheimer GM & CEO at Wataniya.

Corporate customers whose companies are using Microsoft Exchange Server (Outlook email) can set up Nokia Mail for Exchange for free on the Nokia devices without paying for additional integration fees, using the email set-up plug-in on the mobile home screen. Once the application is set up, users get real-time access to their office email, calendar, contacts, tasks and company directory over a secure connection.

“Nokia Mail for Exchange is built on push technology, which ensures that emails are pushed directly to the mobile phone when they arrive at the email server. For many corporations, the costs of mobility are contained as companies are able to utilize their existing Microsoft Exchange infrastructure. By connecting to the Microsoft Exchange Server, the set-up process is drastically simplified by requiring the email account holder to only enter their email address, password, domain and username,” said Iyad Issa, General Manager of Nokia Lower Gulf.

Microsoft Exchange Server is the industry’s leading server for e-mail, calendaring and unified messaging. It allows features such as ‘Out of Office’ messaging; synchronization when roaming, and also Flag status for follow-ups. Setting email priorities, alerts for meeting request conflicts, a standalone global address list application to search for a colleague’s contact details quickly, downloading and editing all types of attachments, not just image files, are must-have factors that users will expect from their Nokia mobile email application.