Cingular Expands GoodLink(TM) to Smartphones
23 Août 2005 - 6:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Nation's Largest Wireless Carrier First to Deliver Good
Technology's Wireless E-mail and PIM Solution on Windows
Mobile-Enabled Handsets ATLANTA, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular
Wireless today became the first wireless company in North America
to offer Good Technology's GoodLink(TM) wireless messaging and data
access software and service on Windows Mobile- enabled Smartphones.
GoodLink from Cingular is now available on the Audiovox SMT5600 and
the Motorola MPx220 Smartphones. Both devices now support the
latest version of GoodLink software, GoodLink 4.5 for Windows
Mobile Smartphone, to give business customers continuous two-way
wireless synchronization of their corporate Microsoft Outlook
applications, including e-mail, calendar, contacts, notes and
tasks, while on-the-go using a lightweight handset. The Audiovox
SMT5600 is a "candybar" style Smartphone recognized as one of the
world's smallest Windows Mobile-based Smartphones, weighing just
3.6 ounces. The Motorola MPx220 is a quad-band flip-phone designed
for busy professionals wanting style without compromising high-tech
phone features. "The availability of GoodLink from Cingular on
Windows Mobile Smartphones gives our business customers who prefer
the look and feel of a wireless handset a cost-effective way to
access their corporate e-mail without having to purchase a PDA,"
said Michael Woodward, executive director, mobile professional
solutions, for Cingular Wireless. "This underscores Cingular's
commitment to provide our customers with the applications they need
using the devices and operating platforms they prefer on the
largest digital wireless data network in the U.S." GoodLink from
Cingular provides a two-way, wirelessly synchronized connection to
Microsoft(R) Outlook functions and other features when customers
are within Cingular coverage areas on multiple device platforms
including Palm, Windows Mobile Pocket PC and now Windows Mobile
Smartphone. GoodLink provides enterprise-class, FIPS-certified
security including end-to-end AES data encryption, remote data wipe
and remote password policy management. It also includes Secure
Over-The-Air(TM) device provisioning and management featuring
Zero-IT-Touch(TM) activations and upgrades of GoodLink and third-
party applications for simplified IT administration. Both the
Audiovox SMT5600 and the Motorola MPx220 are compact yet rich with
features, including Microsoft(R) Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition
for Smartphone, T9 predictive text, MSN Messenger, built-in
Bluetooth, infrared port, mini SD card slot, speakerphone, voice
recorder, Camera and camcorder, and Windows Media Player. "There is
a growing class of business users that requires highly secure
wireless access to email and PIM, but isn't willing to sacrifice
portability and phone power," said Rick Osterloh, vice president,
products, Good Technology. "Cingular and Good together are uniquely
able to serve this user base with a cost-effective choice of
Windows Mobile Smartphones powered by GoodLink on the largest
digital wireless data network in the country." Cingular offers
GoodLink as an end-to-end service for a monthly fee of $44.99 per
month for unlimited data with a qualified voice plan. Customers
must purchase a one-time $1,500 Starter Pak per GoodLink server
license, and a one-time $99 per user GoodLink Client Access
license. Cingular is offering both devices for as low as $199.99
with a two-year voice and data service contract. GoodLink from
Cingular is available through Cingular's direct B2B sales
organization. For more information or to arrange to speak with a
B2B account manager, call 1-866-429-7222 or visit
http://www.cingular.com/goodlink. Cingular Wireless serves
customers in 95 of the Fortune 100 companies, and counts more than
80 percent of the Fortune 500 and over 1,200 federal, state and
local agencies as clients. GoodLink is in use in more than 6,500
enterprises including seven of the Fortune 10, and over half of the
Fortune 50. About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless is the
largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 51.6 million
customers. Cingular, a joint venture between SBC Communications
Inc. (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth Corporation (NYSE:BLS), has the
largest digital voice and data network in the nation -- the
ALLOVER(SM) network - and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of
any national wireless carrier. Cingular is the only U.S. wireless
carrier to offer Rollover(R), the wireless plan that lets customers
keep their unused monthly minutes. Details of the company are
available at http://www.cingular.com/. Get Cingular Wireless press
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http://cingular.mediaroom.com/. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless
CONTACT: John Kampfe of Cingular Wireless, +1-908-696-4536, or
wireless, +1-908-432-3473 Web site:
http://www.cingular.com/goodlink http://www.cingular.com/
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