Thursday, October 14, 2004

EDS and Vodafone Launch Managed Mobility Service

EDS and Vodafone announced a global-scale, fully-managed BlackBerry mobility service for corporate clients. The new service provides access to e-mail, calendars, contacts, task lists, corporate intranet and the Internet. EDS contributes end-to- end solution design, architecture and implementation, third-party connectivity, first-line helpdesk, device configuration, managed services (applications, network and servers), and break-fix support. Vodafone contributes the mobile network and all of its functionalities, second-line support and the mobile devices. ABN AMRO Bank of the Netherlands was named as the first customer. http://www.eds.com/http://www.vodafone.com