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Sprint Introduces Business Connection Managed Edition
A Fully Managed Data & Communications Solution for the Wireless Workforce -- New Solution Advances Sprint's Mobile Computing Portfolio and the Company's Total Access Vision for Enterprise Customers
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Oct 1, 2002 - Sprint (NYSE: FON, PCS) today announced the introduction of
Sprint Business Connection(SM) Managed Edition, a solution that provides customers with a fully managed and hosted e-mail platform that can
allow employees to access their data via a wireless connection. Mobile access is attained through the Sprint all-digital nationwide network via
Sprint PCS Vision(SM) enabled phones and certain handheld devices. The new solution, unveiled today at Internet World Fall in New York City,
joins Sprint's Enterprise Instant Messaging product in advancing the company's vision of total access to data and communication tools through
multiple devices within a secure enterprise environment.
Hosted and managed in the state-of-the-art Sprint E|Solutions Centers, backed by service level agreements and protected by some of the best
security available, Sprint Business Connection Managed Edition also can relieve the customer's IT department of the day-to-day management of
Microsoft Exchange 2000 programs, allowing dedicated IT staff to focus on more important initiatives. At an end-user level, Sprint Business
Connection Managed Edition will boost productivity from the customer's workforce through wireless, real- time access to calendar, e-mail and
other Microsoft Exchange 2000 functionality from virtually anywhere.
"Today's enterprise customer is looking for a complex mixture of secure, cost-effective and productivity-boosting solutions for their work
environments," said Tim Kelly, president, Sprint Business and Global Markets Group. "With today's announcement, Sprint is delivering on our
vision of total access by creating an exciting portfolio of products and services that not only can connect workers to their vital data and each other,
but actually relieve the day-to-day management burden of Microsoft Exchange programs from their IT departments, allowing them to focus on
higher-value tasks."
Sprint Business Connection Managed Edition
-- VPN and WAP/WTLS technology ensure security and compatibility with a
wide-range of mobile devices and networks
-- Secure, managed solution for wireless access to Microsoft(R) Exchange
functions including e-mail, calendars, contacts, company directory and
tasks
-- Fully managed wireless access to corporate data with potential for
reduced costs and resource consumption in the enterprise IT department
-- Hosted in state-of-the-art Sprint E|Solutions Centers with SLAs and
industry-leading security service bundles
-- Integrated next-generation messaging for enterprise customers that can
increase employee productivity and can create a highly reliable,
scalable and cost-effective collaboration infrastructure
Sprint Enterprise Instant Messaging
-- Integration into existing systems within the enterprise
-- Integrated authentication through RADIUS allowing verification of
user's identity
-- Carrier-grade, enterprise-class secure Instant Messaging platform
specifically designed for the corporation
-- First Instant Messaging solution with secure wireless and 3G
capabilities (J2ME-based technology that is available on the new
Sprint 3G network)
-- Carrier interoperable solution, meaning secure instant messages can be
sent between the PC and multiple handheld devices (mobile handsets,
PDAs, The Pocket PC and Java-based 3G handsets)
-- Fully secure solution contained behind the firewall that can give IT
managers full control of the platform and its users (standard SSL
encryption with flexibility for additional security features)
-- Specialized platform that can extend corporate directories to
real-time communications and can provide presence-based messaging
solutions from the desktop to the handset (integration into LDAP with
vCard and Personal Profiles)
-- Platform supports Instant Messaging notifications integrated with text
messaging or mobile e-mail that run over 2G, 2.5G and 3G networks and
are interoperable with most communications devices
For more information about Sprint and Sprint Mobile Computing Services, please visit http://www.sprintbiz.com/ebusiness .
About Sprint
Sprint is a global communications company serving more than 26 million business and residential customers in over 70 countries. With
approximately 75,000 employees worldwide and more than $26 billion in annual revenues, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering
and deploying state- of-the-art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and Sprint's
award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint provides local voice and data services in 18 states and operates the largest 100-percent digital,
nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States.
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