Mobile email
To ensure your people remain productive and responsive on the move it’s vital they have real-time access to email. Our mobile email solutions use an always-on connection, allowing messages to be delivered instantaneously. Also, inboxes, calendars and contacts are automatically kept in-sync with your office PC. Costs can be as little as £4.26 per user per month.
There are two leading mobile email services – BlackBerry® and Microsoft Direct Push. Choosing the right one for your organisation depends on what functionality you need and what email technology you already use. More in-depth detail is below.
Contact us for clear advice on which solution will best suit your organisation. We can help you take advantage in no time.
Which mobile email service – BlackBerry or MS Direct Push?
What does it cost?
MS Direct Push requires no additional hardware or software, you simply need your organisation to be running Microsoft Exchange 2003 (SP2) as the email platform. This is easily configured to deliver push email to any Windows Mobile 5 PDA’s or Smartphones.
BlackBerry Enterprise Solution is an application that has to be installed on a dedicated server. It’s independent of your organisation’s email platform (MS Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino, Novell GroupWise).
What does it cost?
| Contract length | Number of connections | Blackberry monthly line rental | Voice monthly line rental | Device subsidy | BES software |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | More than 200 | £10 | £0 | Device at trade price (voice subsidy of £55 is available) | £2,500 |
| 24 | 100 – 200 | £18 | Included in BlackBerry tariff | Subsidy £180 (includes £55 voice subsidy) | £0 |
| 24 | Less than 100 | £20 | £0 | Subsidy £180 (includes £55 voice subsidy) | £0 |
Licenses – CAL prices available on request.
Current trade price of RIM 8100 Pearl £180, therefore with subsidy of £180 the cost to OGC buying solutions customers is £0. See handset price list for other devices.
If customers have already had handset subsidy on BlackBerry connections, the line rental will remain the same for the 24 month contract period – i.e. only connections above the 200 threshold will be entitled to line rental at £10.
Voice service is included in the BlackBerry offering, prices as per OGC voice tariff.
Please note: BlackBerry is offered subject to technical survey and T–Mobile installation, including training £750.
Your IT Manager may already have a preference or can inform you if a solution is already partly in place.
It’s also worth remembering that you can use BlackBerry Connect to connect non-BlackBerry devices. See the table below.
Mobile email devices
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| BlackBerry Enterprise Solution | BlackBerry Connect / MS Push |
|---|---|
| BlackBerry Pearl | MDA Compact III |
| BlackBerry 7130g | MDA Vario |
| BlackBerry 8800 | MDA Vario II |
| Nokia E50 | |
| Nokia E61 | |
| Sony Ericsson M600i | |
| MDA Mail | |
| T-Mobile Ameo | |
Additionally, you might like to consider using web’n’walk data cards for mobile email on your laptops, so that you can also take advantage of access to the web and office files at speeds of up to broadband strength.